28o Trees for Shade and Ornament 



age persists through winter in its younger stages. It is hardy as far as 

 Ottawa and grows rapidly in rich, moist soil. 



Cercis. C. Canadensis Linn. (r88), Red Bud, Judas Tree, is one of 

 seven species, native and from southern Europe and Japan; a small 



Fig. 97. — Cercidipbyllum Japonicum S. &: Z. 



(twenty-five to thirty feet) native tree of wide distribution from New 

 Jersey south, but hardy farther north, and apt to "winter-kill" in un- 

 protected situations. It is of roundish outline, and most pleasing and 

 showy, not only in its profusion of bright pink to red flowers which in 

 April before leafing adorn in a singular fashion the almost black-barked 

 branches and even the trunk, but also in its round, somewhat heart- 

 or kidney-shaped, glossy, dark, bluish-green foliage (May), light green 



