A GCHECK-LIST OF PLANTS 
NAME 
V.—Wisteria floribunda, var. variegata.. 
var. violacea-plena.... 
Vv— 
V.—W. frutescens......... 
vV.— 
V.—W. japonica 
V.—W. macrostachys 
Wie= 
Veo 
var. magnifica 
var. albo-lilacina. . 
TIME OF FLoweRING HAasitTat 
Mo., La., and 
Texas. 
W. multijuga (see W. floribunda). 
V.—W. sinensis........... 
V.—W. venusta........... 
T.—Xanthoceras sorbifolia 
D.—Xanthorrhiza apiifolia. 
S.—Yucca concava. 
S.—Y. filamentosa variegata. 
S.—Y. flaccida 
S.—Y. glauca 
S.—Y. lineata. 
S.—Y. patens. 
T.—Zelkova crenata 
T.—Z. serrata 
2-4’—Zenobia pulverulenta. . 
2-4/— 
Six best conifers for Southern New England: 
Tsuga caroliniana 
Pinus Strobus 
Pinus resinosa 
Tsuga canadensis 
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REMARKS 
Lvs. blotched with yellow. 
Fls. double, ugly. Blooms rarely. 
Slender vine. Fls. small, fragrant, in 
short, compact clusters. Blooms 
later than Asiatic species. 
Fls. white. 
Smaller than other Asiatic species. 
Fls. pale yellow, in small clus- 
ters. Not hardy in North. 
Handsomer than W. frutescens. 
Fls. larger, in longer racemes, 
Fragrant. Blooms later than 
Asiatic species. Hardy. 
A fine form. 
Fls. blue and white. 
Only white-fld. form known. Vig- 
orous and hardy, but fl.-buds 
often killed by cold in N. E. 
Hardy. Fls. white, in broad clus- 
ters. Earliest to bloom. 
Shrub or small tree. Fls. white, in 
spreading racemes. Red at base 
of petal. Frt. like buckeye. 
Lvs. dark. 
Yellow-Root. Fls. small, chocolate, 
in terminal racemes, with open- 
ing of lvs. A. C. pale canary- 
yellow and green. Spreads 
rapidly into dense masses which 
take entire possession of the 
ground. Will not thrive in lime- 
{stone soil. 
Generally appears under the name 
{of Y. filamentosa. 
Keaki is most valuable Japanese 
wood. Genus related to Ulmus. 
Flourishes here. 
Deciduous lvd. shrub. Fils. pure 
white and from %—¥% in. long 
and broad, produced in compact 
clusters arranged along leafless 
branches of the previous year 
and are perhaps more beautiful 
than those of any of the andro- 
meda-like plants. Chalky white 
lvs. covered with a dense white 
Green lvs. [bloom. 
Abies concolor 
A. homolepis 
List of exotic trees recommended for planting in the Northern States 
Populus Maximowiczii 
Ginkgo 
Pseudolarix 
Larix decidua 
Populus alba 
P. canescens 
Salix alba 
Salix fragilis 
S. babylonica (not always hardy 
in Mass.) 
Cercidiphyllum 
Morus alba 
Ailanthus 
English Elm 
Fagus sylvatica 
Tilia vulgaris 
T. platyphyllos 
T. cordata 
#Esculus Hippocastanum 
Acer platanoides 
