Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



out at all underrating their value. It is perhaps need- 

 less to add that these rarer species are generally some- 

 what more expensive, for which there will doubtless be 

 ample compensation in the greater satisfaction derived 

 from a more choice and varied selection, whose beauties 

 of color and form are not reduplicated upon your neigh- 

 bor's grounds. To the popular name of each species is 

 added its botanical name, color of blossom, and other 

 characteristic features. 



FIRST DOZEN 



Weeping cut-leaved white birch (Betula alba laciniata pendula) 



Weeping beech (Fagus sylvatica pendula) 



Forsythia viridissima ; yellow ; April 



Japanese quince; Pyrus japonica; pink to white; early spring 



Kerria japonica ; yellow ; early summer 



Deutzia gracilis ; white ; early summer 



Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora ; white, then pink ; September 



Euonymus japonicus ; evergreen, glossy 



Weigela amabilis ; red or white ; June 



Tamarix africana ; pink ; May, June 



Pieris japonica ; white; April, May; evergreen, glossy 



Cembra pine (Pinus Cembra) 



SECOND DOZEN 



Cut-leaved beech (Fagus sylvatica asplenifolia) 



Weeping Russian mulberry (Morus tartarica pendula) 



Yulan ; white ; April (Magnolia conspicua) 



Magnolia soulangeana ; purplish ; April 



English hawthorn ; pink ; June (Crataegus oxyacantha flore plena 



rosea) 



Rhododendron ; various tints ; June 

 Rosa rugosa ; pink ; June 

 Holly-leaved barberry (Mahonia aquifolia) 

 Cryptomeria japonica; coniferous evergreen 



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