III. 



FLOWERING TREES. 



HE following trees are particularly beautiful 

 during their flowering period in spring and 

 early summer. They form important features 

 of every landscape in Northern latitudes for 

 a considerable time of the year; some, in ad- 

 dition to their attractive flowers in spring, change into 

 beautiful autumn tints before the fall of the leaf, and many 

 are covered in winter with showy clusters of fruit. The 

 Siberian crab, American thorns, and the European moun- 

 tain ash are a few of the deciduous trees that are ornamental 

 in one way or another during the greater part of the year. 

 Many of the species included under this heading are trees 

 of considerable size, with large and beautiful foliage and 

 shady crowns, useful as avenue and shade-trees, such as the 

 horse chestnuts. The locust family contains a number of 

 species with beautiful pinnate or twice-pinnate leaves; 

 they are trees of considerable size, useful in landscape-gar- 

 dening for every ornamental purpose. The locusts are fine 

 trees for streets and avenues. All the species form beauti- 

 ful and striking objects in masses of trees and shrubs. In 



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