Alders and Shadbush 



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Fig. 95. — Black Alder. Alniis ghitiiwsa Gaertn. 



The native species, six in number, are mostly shrubs or shrub-like 

 trees, useful for grouping on rocky sites and along watercourses, so 

 far but little utilized; among them, A. rugosa K. Koch. (159) {ser- 

 rulata); A. incana Willd. (160), with brown and white dotted branches; 

 A. viridis D. C. (161), our commonest native shrubs; A. maritima 

 Muhl. (162), with shining foliage and attractive by the development 

 of male catkins in the fall. All of these lend themselves effectively 

 for massing, alone or with willows, their foliage starting earlier and 

 remaining longer. They are most adaptive, and easily transplanted. 



SHADBUSH OR JUNEBERRY 



Amelanchier. A. Canadensis Medic. (163), one of the representatives 

 of a genus of the rose family, from North America and Japan, with a few 



