454: DECIDUOUS TREES. 



found one of the choicest little trees to plant near dwellings. But 

 as it belongs to a family of trees which are generally tender, it will 

 be well to avoid planting it where its hardiness will be severely 

 tested ; and to maintain its beauty and health in the middle and 

 northern States, it must certainly be well protected by mulching 

 the ground thoroughly over the roots, binding its stem, and bun- 

 dling its top with straw or evergreens every autumn. 



The varieties C, v. latifolia, C. v. angustifolia, and C. i>. mari- 

 /ima, are little known in northern nurseries or pleasure grounds. 

 The latter forms a full-foliaged shrub seven to nine feet high in a 

 protected situation in Parson's nursery at Flushing, L. I. Its leaves 

 are from five to seven inches long, three to four broad, thick as 

 velvet, of a deep green color, and of a waxen glossiness. Its name 

 implies its love of the seaside. We are not aware whether it has 

 been tried in the interior. 



THE SHEPHERDIA. Shepherdia. 



THE BUFFALO BERRY, S. argentea, is a small tree, native of the 

 banks of the Missouri river, where it becomes a tree from twelve 

 to eighteen feet in height, and is known by the several names of 

 Buffalo-berry, rabbit-berry, and beef-suet tree. Flowers yellow, in 

 April and May ; berries scarlet, about the size of the red currant, 

 of fine flavor, and " form one continued cluster on every branch. " 



THE PAW-PAW. Anona triloba. 



A small tree, native of the valley of the Ohio, and of the States 

 southward, that bears a yellow oval fruit two or three inches long, 

 which is insipid, but eatable. Flowers purple, one inch in diam- 

 eter. The leaves are smooth-edged, of soft texture, wavy, and the 

 form of the shell-bark hickory leaf, elongated. Bark very smooth, 

 and of a silver-gray color. It is grown in a protected situation in 

 the Central Park, but cannot be considered quite hardy north of 

 Washington and Cincinnati. It requires a very rich soil. 



