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LAWN AND SHADE TREES. 



beautiful. It combines in planting harmoniously with the 

 laburnum, snow-ball, thorn, and others, but its best position is 

 just against or intermixed on the outskirts of a group of 

 Austrian or Norway pines. There its profusion of bright 

 pinkish red flowers, early in April and before the leaves have 

 grown, borne all along on its branches, and often even on 

 the main stem, are brought out so finely against the green of 

 the pines, that it becomes one of the most pleasing and 

 prominent of ornamental trees. There are two species in culti- 

 vation, the American, C. Canadensis, and the European, C. 



Fig. 58. Stuartia. 



siliquastrum. The European blooms rather more freely than 

 the American, and of a shade deeper in color. Any well-drained 

 soil suits it. 



The Snow Berry Symphoricarpus. The snow berry or St. 

 Peter's wort is a common well-known old shrub, considered 

 troublesome, when planted by itself or near borders, on account 

 of its numerous suckers. It is a good shrub to use in rock-work, 



