OF ORNAMENTAL TREES. 103 



There are some slight differences between 

 these plants in different localities, but I be- 

 lieve botanists consider them specifically the 

 same. It is a law, spreading tree, becoming 

 in fact but a shrub unless pruned up to a 

 straight stem in its infancy. Its large trusses 

 of white flowers, succeeded by white berries, 

 and the fine, red color its branches turn to 

 in winter, render this not the least ornament- 

 al of a very handsome tribe of small trees. 

 It is rather scarce near the city, but is in the 

 garden of Mr. John Evans, at Eadnor. 



It may be propagated by seeds, layers, or 

 grafts. Seeds, if not sown as soon as ripe, 

 often lie two years in the ground ; especially 

 if not sown in moist soil. The best plan of 

 raising them, is to take small branches, with 

 several shoots on them, as soon as possible 

 after the frost is out of the ground, and plant 

 them in rows in a rather moist, somewhat 

 shaded place, leaving only the tops of the 

 small shoots out of the soil. It is better not 

 to take off even a leaf. In the following fall 

 most of them will have roots, when they may 

 be taken up and separated to form plants. 



2. C. ALTERNIFOLIA, LinnoBus. Leaves 



