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Japanese quince, Pyrus Japonica. 



An old favorite. Not hardy at Lansing. 

 Chinquapin or dwarf chestnut, Castanea pumila. 

 Sweet viburnum or sheep-berry, Viburnum Lentago.* 

 Arrow-wood, V. dentatum* 



Withe-rod, lilac viburnum, V. cassi noides.* 



Other native and exotic viburnums are desirable. 

 Spice -bush, Lindera Benzoin.* 



Box, Buxus sempervirens . 



A diminutive evergreen shrub, useful for edgings in cities. 

 Kilmarnock willow, Salix Caprcea, hort. var. pendula. 



A very small weeping plant, usually more curious than ornamental. 

 Rosemary willow, S. rosmarinifolia of nurserymen. 



Shining willow, S. lucida* 



Very desirable for the edges of water, 

 Long -leaved willow, S. longifolia.* 



Our narrowest-leaved native willow. Useful for banks. Apt to 

 spread too rapidly. 

 Fountain willow, S. purpurea. 



Pussy willow, S. discolor.* 



Attractive when massed at some distance from the residence. 

 Siberian pea-tree, Caragana arborescens. 

 Small pea-tree, C. pygmcea. 



Red -bud or Judas-tree, Cercis Canadensis.* 



Produces a profusion of rose-purple pea-like flowers before the leaves 

 appear. Foliage attractive. 

 Mountain ash, Pyrus Aucuparia. (Page 225.) 



Service-tree, P. domestica. 



Fruit handsomer than that of the mountain ash and more persistent. 

 Small tree. 



Oak-leaved mountain ash, P. hybrida. 

 Small tree, deserving to be better known. 

 Weeping aspen, Populus grandidentata, hort. var. pendula. 



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 Cut-leaved alder, Alnus glutinosa, hort. var. 



