The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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ORNAMENTALS. 



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,F all the sumachs, the dwarf shining one, Rhus copallina, makes 

 the best display of all. When in flower it is most beautiful. 

 It grows but a few feet in height, and flowers when not 

 more than two feet high, bearing large panicles of yellowish- 

 white -flowers (and how the bees enjoy the flowers !) ; then, 

 when fall comes, the foliage changes to the beautiful 

 yellow and scarlet that most sumachs are noted for. 



Too much praise cannot be given to the Rose of Sharon, 

 Hibiscus Syriacus. It exists in perhaps half a hundred 

 good varieties, some single, some double, and some with variegated foliage. 

 Besides this, there are early sorts and late ones, so that by getting a dozen sorts, 

 flowers from one of the other 

 would be had from early 

 August to October. 



When the fruit of mag- 

 nolias is ripe, the trees are 

 even prettier than when in 

 flow^er. Acuminata, hypol- 

 euca and tripetala are full of ~^'^ 

 carmine-colored fruit, which 

 contrasts nicely with their 

 large green leaves. Tripetala 

 has conical-shaped cones of 

 rich carmine, and it is a 

 worthy tree at all seasons of 

 the year. 



Another tree in fruit is the gingko, or maiden hair tree, Salisbutia adianti- 

 folin. This singular looking Japanese tree has rather inconspicuous flowers, but 

 it bears round, yellow, plum like seeds. There is an avenue of this tree in front 

 of the agricultural building, Washington, Chief Saunders deciding on this tree, 

 after considerable thought, as he told me, as being well in keeping with the 

 surroundings. There are now many fruiting trees of it about Philadelphia, 

 though not until a few years ago did they begin to bear fruit. — Country Gentle- 

 man. 



Fig. 723 — Salisbukia Adiaxtifolia. 



Success with Grafting the Grape. — Mr. A. Young, of Wellandport, 

 writes, that last summer, having some poor varieties of grapes, and much 

 neglected, he sawed them off" a little below the surface and grafted six with 

 Vergennes. Four of the grafts grew, one of them lo feet 6 inches ; another 

 bore two bunches of grapes. 



