XXXVI 



Plum Trees as Ornamental Plants 



HE ornamental value of plum 

 trees is rather remarkable. Al- 

 most every species is beautiful 

 in blossom, and many of them 

 are attractive in foliage and in 

 habit of growth. This fact has 

 received some recognition from 

 landscape gardeners and plant 

 lovers, but the knowledge of the 

 good points of plums and cherries from the decorative 

 standpoint has not been sufficiently spread. The 

 following quotations from Professor Sargent's Sylva 

 show something of a discriminating tree lover's 

 appreciation of the plums and cherries. 



"As an ornamental plant," says Professor fofg^nt 

 "Primus americana has real value; flie long wand-like 

 branches form a graceful head, which is handsome in 



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