ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



planted. The rarer varieties of copper and 

 purple beech have beautiful foliage and a 

 well-grown specimen of either of these trees 

 is always greatly admired. 



The cut-leaved weeping birch and also 

 the white birch, which is found in many 

 woodlands, are of rapid growth and have a 

 white bark which makes them objects of par- 

 ticular beauty. 



Chestnut, hickory, and black walnut are 

 all fine trees, the black walnut perhaps the 

 best of the three. 



The European bird cherry, known to us 

 as the wild cherry, and the black cherry, 

 which also grows in fields and woodlands, 

 are both desirable trees. 



Dogwoods are to be found in many wood- 

 lands. Mark the spot in the Spring where 

 they blossom and transplant them in the 

 Autumn. 



The catalpa, with its immense leaves, 

 orchid-like blossoms, and rapid growth, is 

 invaluable for effect. I had always sup- 

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