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is common in this vicinity and deserves more attention than 

 it has received. 



There are three species and a number of varieties of the 

 Red Haw in this vicinity, Cratagus coccinea, tomentosa and 

 Crus-galli, all of which are worthy, of cultivation. They 

 are large and very hardy shrubs, some of them attaining 

 to the size of small trees. They all bear white flowers in 

 the spring, and red berries in the fall. They belong to the 

 Rosacese family and are no mean representatives of it. 



The Black Haw Viburnum /Lentago belongs to the 

 Honeysuckle family, and is a lage handsome shrub. It 

 bears some resemblance to the Snowball, but is a finer shrub. 

 It blooms in May and June, flowers white in large flat com- 

 pound cymes. It will grow in any soil, but prefers rich 

 loam. 



The Staphylea trifolia Staff-tree, American Bludder 

 Nut, is one of my little favorites. It grows in thickets 

 usually on moist hill sides, eight or ten feet high, slender, 

 with greenish striped branches, trifoliate leaves, pendent 

 racemes, of greenish white flowers, pods membranous, 

 inflated three lobed, about an inch long and three-fourths 

 of an inch in diameter. A specimen may be seen in my 

 side yard. 



The Red-osier Cornus stolonifera, is found in boggy 

 places, but will grow in any moist soil. The branches and 

 long, slender annual shoots, are bright red-purple, very 

 handsome. It multiplies freely by subterranean suckers, 

 and forms broad clumps six to ten feet high. It bears 

 white flowers in June, and white to lead colored fruit in 

 the fall. 



The Cornus alternifolia Alternate Leaved cornel, is 

 a little taller shrub, found on hill, sides in copses, with 

 slender, greenish branches, broad cymes of handsome white 

 flowers, and pretty foliage, the whole presenting a grace- 

 ful appearance. 



