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admiration, and in such positions it has been generally grown. 

 As a hedge plant, in impenetrability it is second only to thorn 

 or osage orange, while for beauty its blooms and foliage surpass 

 all other intuits. As a narrow low screen, it may lie trained 

 upright on wires, its side brandies spurred in and made to 

 present a perfect barrier, yet occupying only a very narrow 

 space in width. There are now a number of varieties, varying 

 in the color of their flowers from a delicate blush white to a 



Pig. 57. Red Bud. 



deep rich crimson, and one with flowers semi or nearly double ; 

 and where only one plant is wanted, it is perhaps the best. 



The Red Bud Cercis. The Judas tree, or, as more commonly 

 known, the red bud cercis Canadensis forms a low, round- 

 headed tree of from eight to fifteen feet in height, with round 

 heart-shaped leaves of a dark bluish green above and a light 

 sea green underneath, that make it remarkable as well as 



