FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 87 



planting in it, in suitable positions, trees that blossom and trees 

 that bear luscious fruit. 



The planting of trees in a small garden requires discrimination, 

 first in avoiding the mistake of choosing positions for them in 

 which they will obstruct the light of windows facing the garden, 

 and ultimately perhaps blot out the garden picture altogether from 

 the view of the occupants of the house ; and next of so plant- 

 ing them on the lawn that they eat up the space that ought to be 

 available for the playing of summer games. Where there is no 

 intention to use the grass plot for lawn tennis or croquet, trees 

 should be chosen for positions on the lawn that are essentially 

 graceful in their habit of growth such trees, for example, as the 

 silver birch, the mountain ash, the laburnum or the willow. If 

 fruit-bearing trees are desired for the furnishing of the lawn they 

 may be either standard apples, or the quince, the medlar and the 

 mulberry. 



The following list of flowering trees suitable for cultivation in 

 town and suburban gardens may be found useful : 



Common Name Botanical Name Colour of Flowers 



Horse chestnut jEsculus hippocastanum White 



Red chestnut carnea Red 



Elder Sambucus racemosa Scarlet 



Indian bean Catalpa bignonioides White 



Almond Prunus amygdalus Rose 



Laburnum Cytisus alpinus Yellow 



Ardoini Purple and yellow 



L. vulgare Yellow 



Service berry Amelanchier canadensis White 



Abelia A. rupestris chinensis . Pink 



Aralia Cream 



Judas tree Cercis siliquastrum Rosy purple 



Magnolia M. conspicua Snow-white 



M. macrophylla White and purple 



M. conspicua Soulangeana Purple and pink 



M. Lennei Reddish purple 



M. Stellata White 



If evergreen but not necessarily flowering trees are desired, a 

 choice may be made from the arbutus, the box, the holly and the 



