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of fragrant lilac flowers at the extremities of its branches, well 

 known in the latitudes to which it is suited. Increased freely 

 by seeds or layers. 



21. SASSAFRAS, Laurus sassafras. A sweet, aromatic, and 

 pretty tree, worthy of a place wherever ornamental shrubs are 

 planted. Increased by layers, offshoots, or root cuttings. It 

 can be obtained from the woods. 



22. THORN, Cratcegus, cocd7wa,pleno, Double Scarlet Haw- 

 thorn. A very delicate and pretty deep pink or scarlet flower- 

 ing thorn. Increased by grafting on the common Hawthorn. 



23. TULIP-TREE, Whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera. One 

 of the noblest and most beautiful of flowering trees, often cov- 

 ering itself with its green and orange blossoms. When not 

 crowded its head forms a handsome cone, but in the woods it 

 sometimes runs a clean column eighty feet high. Increased 

 by hill-layers or by seeds, which seldom vegetate until the 

 second year. 



24. WILLOW, Weeping, &c. ? Salix Babylonica, &c. The 

 Weeping Willow, the Golden Twigged, and the Golden Flow- 

 ering Willows, and other varieties, are quite ornamental. The 

 Osier Willows form an article of commerce. In Belgium they 

 are sometimes so planted as to be mowed from year to year. 



REMOVING ORNAMENTAL TREES, EVERGREENS, &c. 



Ornamental or forest trees or shrubs and evergreens very 

 often fail to live when removed, and still oftener only just 

 live and linger along, making but feeble growth for years. To 

 prevent this, and secure vigor as well as life after removal, 

 some preparation is desirable. In all well-managed nurseries 

 this preparation is given by repeatedly transplanting trees of 

 this class, shortening their roots from time to time, so as to 

 limit the growth of single strong roots, and increase and con- 

 centrate fibrous ones around the collar and the short main roots 

 proceeding from it. If we do not form a nursery, but take trees 

 from the woods and swamps, we may meet the difficulty either 

 by removing them in the winter with large masses of frozen 

 earth, or by cutting clean around the trees we intend to remove 

 two or three years before transplanting them, cutting off the 



