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green, in our southern states) and unusually large white or pink 

 flowers with showy petals. 



The REDBUD is also a native eastern tree, of smaller size than 

 the magnolia; it is frequently grown for its colorful clusters of 

 rose colored flowers. Together with the locusts and the acacias, 

 it is a member of the Pea Family and in fall is covered with pods 

 typical of the legumes. 



The Rose Family has contributed the hawthorn, mountain 

 ash, and the various flowering peaches, cherries and almonds to 



Fig. 289. — Hawthorns are shrubby ornamentals with spiny twigs and apple-like 



blossoms. 



our stock of ornamental trees. Hawtthorns (fig. 289) are shrubby 

 trees abundant throughout eastern and southern United States. 

 The twigs, armed with thorns, are covered with white or pink 

 flowers of typical rose structure, in fall producing red fruits which 

 resemble small apples. Mountain ash (fig. 290) is a small tree of 

 eastern and far western United States characterized by pin- 

 nately compound leaves and flat topped clusters of small white 

 flowers which produce colorful orange-red fruits. Numerous 

 species of ornamental apricots, cherries and almonds are grown 



