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planted as such, and space should be provided wherein the plants can 

 develop their individual and normal characteristic habits of growth; 

 but when they are used as accent plants it is not so essential to provide 

 space for normal development. Illustrations of this may be seen in 

 the use of the burning bush, the sourwood, and the silver bell. 



LIST OF ACCENT AND SPECIMEN TREES AND SHRUBS 



The types of plants in these two groups are sometimes used in large 

 masses as specimens or as accent plants. The best effect as specimens 

 is obtained when they are used singly and as accent plants when they 

 are used either singly or in groups varying from one to three specimens. 

 These plants are valuable because of flowers, foliage, habit of growth, 

 texture of growth, colour of twigs, or fruiting effect. 



A. Trees. 



a. Accent and specimen trees: 



Abies (in variety) 



Fir 

 Acer palmatum (in variety) 



Japanese Maple 

 Acer platanoides schwedleri 



Schwedler's Purple Maple 

 Aesculus (in variety) 



Horse-chestnut 

 Betula (in variety) 



Birch 

 Catalpa bungei 



Round-leaved Catalpa 

 Cercidiphyllum japonicum 



Kadsura Tree 

 Cercis canadensis 



Red-bud 

 Chamaecyparis (in variety) 



Cypress 

 Cladrastris lute a 



Yellow-wood 

 Cornus florida 



Flowering Dogwood 

 Cornus kousa 



Japanese Dogwood 

 Crataegus (in variety) 



Thorn 

 Fagus (in variety) 



Beech 

 Fagus sylvatica heterophylla 



Fern-leaved European Beech 



Juniperus virginiana 



Red Cedar 

 Koelreuteria paniculata 



Varnish Tree 

 Larix (in variety) 



Larch 

 Liquidambar styraciflua 



Sweet Gum 

 Magnolia (in variety) 



Magnolia 

 Morus alba tatarica pendula 



Tea's Weeping Mulberry 

 Nyssa sylvatica 



Tupelo 

 Oxydendrum arboreum 



Sourwood 

 Picea (in variety) 



Spruce 

 Pinus (in variety) 



Pine 



Populus alba pyramidalis 



Bolle's Poplar 

 Populus nigra italica 



Lombardy Poplar 

 Prunus jruticosa pendula 



Weeping Cherry 

 Prunus padus commutata 



Hybrid European Bird Cherry 

 Prunus persica 



Flowering Peach 



