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HORTICULTURE 



May IS. 191S 



IMPORTANT NEW OR RARE TREES 

 AND SHRUBS 



(Contmuitl frum puj/f 'I'i-I) 

 Acer plctum, from Miiiuhuriii and 

 Japan, has been In culllvallou u nuiii 

 bcr of years In this country. Two In 

 dlvlduals In the Koihesler Turks iir. 

 1618 feet in height, and form haml 

 some round-headed trees. 



Acer rullnerve Is a very handsoni' 

 slrlpedbarked Maple from Japan 

 bearing some resemblance to th. 

 North American striped-bark Maple. 



Acer Pennsylvanlcum. This Maple 

 has been In culUvatlon for a number 

 of years. It Is still, however, a rare 

 plant In the parks and gardens of this 

 country. The three-lobed ample leaves, 

 4-6 Inches long, are very ornamental. 



Stewarlla pseudo-Camellia. The 

 writer remembers very well seeing 

 this handsome flowering shrub, or 

 small tree. In bloom tor the first time 

 at Dosorls, Glen Cove, U)ng Island, 

 twenty-nine years ago. This Is a 

 native of Japan, and although In cul- 

 tivation for a good many years is still 

 rare in gardens. The cup-shaped 

 flowers, 2^ to 3 inches across, bear 

 some resemblance to a Camellia. The 

 white petals are contrasted with a 

 prominent cluster of orange-colored 

 stamens. There are two American 

 species, namely. StewartI Vlrginlca, 

 which is tender in the North, and 

 Stewart! pentagyna, which appears to 

 be fairly hardy with us. 



Acanthopanax ricinifolius. This 

 handsome, hardy, largetoliaged tree 

 from Japan presents a distinct appear- 

 ance from all other hardy deciduous 

 trees In this part of the world. The 

 aspect is strictly subtropical. It is 

 said to attain a height of 80 feet in 

 Japan. As the specific name implies, 

 the leaves bear a resemblance to the 

 leaves of the Castor Oil plant. They 

 have 5-7 lobes, and are 10-14 inches 

 across. The leaf-stalks are 8-18 inches 

 long. The branches and stems are be- 

 set with numerous stout prickles. 



Cornus brachypoda is a very hand- 

 some cornel, a native of Japan and 

 China. The leaves on young shoots 

 are 7 inches long and 3 inches wide, 

 elliptic in outline, with markedly long 

 tapering points at the apex, deep 

 green above, glaucous beneath, and 

 supported on stout stalks IVS Inches 

 long. The showy white flower clusters 

 bloom In July and are followed by 

 clusters of bluish black fruit. 



Cornus Bretschneideri is from 

 Northern China, and has been in cul- 

 tivation for some time, but is still a 

 rare plant. The leaves are ovate 

 elliptic, 4% inches long and 3 Inches 

 wide, somewhat rough on both sides, 

 deep green above, pale below. The 

 white flower clusters are quite showy 

 and prominent about the end of June. 

 The fruit is bluish black. 



Cornus controversa is, perhaps, the 

 largest growing of all the Dogwoods, 

 and is said to be a tree 60 feet in 

 height under native conditions. It Is 

 native of the Eastern Himalayas to 

 Japan. In its branching habit it re- 

 sembles the North American Cornus 

 alternifolius, as the leaves and 

 branches are alternate. The leaves, 

 supported on reddish, slender stalks, 

 are 4 to 5 inches long, 2V'2 to 3 inches 

 wide, elliptic In outline, deep green 

 above and very pale beneath. The 



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Tin foil wrapped. Made of Kogeii. Car- 

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llouquet Boxes 



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white, showy flower clusters open 

 about the middle of June and are fol- 

 lowed by bluish-black fruit. 



Cornus Kousa, a native of Japan, is 

 represented by a few good sized indi- 

 viduals in a few of the leading old es- 

 tates in the northeastern states, but is 

 still uncommon. The leaves are deep 

 green above, pale beneath, % inches 

 long on very short stalks, or almost 

 sessile. The blossoms very much re- 

 semble in general appearance those of 

 Cornus florida, and are surrounded by 

 showy, white bracts. Cornus Kousa 

 flowers about one month later than 

 Cornus florida. The flowers are fol- 

 lowed by fleshy, connate, globular 

 heads of showy red fruit, and quite 

 different from those of Cornus florida. 



Cornus Wilsoniana flowered In the 

 Rochester Parks for the first time this 

 year, and was in bloom July 2nd. It 

 is said to attain a height of 40 feet 

 under native conditions. The leaves 

 are 3 or 4 inches long, glaucescent 

 beneath, and covered with adpressed 

 white hairs. The flower clusters re- 

 semble somewhat those of Cornus can- 

 didissima. The fruit is said to be 

 l)lack. 



Syringa Sweglnzowll is one of the 

 new species of Lilacs from Western 

 (Jhlna whose graceful beauty very 

 much impressed us last spring. It Is 

 a free grower. The leaves are ovate, 

 2 to 4 Inches long, rounded at the base. 

 The loose, graceful flower clusters are 

 white, and markedly tinged with pink. 



