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'Deciduous frees 



SASSAFRAS 



S. officirale. The beauty of the 

 Sassafras as a lawn tree is not 

 appreciated because it is usu- 

 ally seen crowded in a hedge- 

 row. It thrives on light soil 

 and keeps good foliage. 



SOPHORA 



Japan Pagoda Tree 



S. Japonicus. This is a round- 

 headed tree of the locust 

 family, with cream - colored 

 flowers in midsummer. 



STYRAX 



S. Japonica. Too high praise 

 cannot be accorded the deli- 

 cate and chaste beauty of this 

 new acquisition. It is so neat 

 and dainty in its general habit 

 that it is worthy of planting- 

 even without the myriads of 

 silver bells or snowdrops, 

 gracefully suspended from its 

 branches in early summer. 

 When young it is a pyramidal 

 shrub, broad at the base, with 

 pleasing foliage. Worthy of 

 being placed singly on the 

 lawn, and as much honor ac- 

 corded it as to the Magnolia. 

 The flowers very much re- 

 semble those of the Silver Bell 

 tree, illustrated on this page. 



SILVER BULL, or 

 SNOWDROP TRZX 



Halesia 



H. tetraptera; syn., Mohroden- 

 dron tetraptera. A small tree 

 or large shrub decorated in 

 May with hanging bells of 

 pure white flowers. 



THORN (Hawthorn) 



Crataegus 



This family is most widely 

 known through the hedges of 

 England. They are all small, thick-topped, thorny 

 trees bearing clusters of flowers in May, and red 

 haws or miniature apples in autumn. They group 

 harmoniously with both trees and shrubs. The 

 English Thorn is so variable in its success here 

 that we do not recommend its general cultivation. 



Paul's Double Scarlet. C. monogyna, var. Pauli. 

 In May a tree of this variety looks like a mass of 

 fire, and no plant exceeds its brilliancy of color. 



Cockspur. C. Crus-galli. This is to be found on 

 the edges of the salt meadows and on the Hemp- 

 stead Plains, where it is too windy for other trees. 

 The horizontally arranged branches of shiny 

 foliage give a distinct element to a group of 

 trees or shrubs. 



Flowers of the Silver Bell Tree {Halesia 

 tetraptera}. These much resemble the 

 flowers of Styrax Japonica. 



TULIP TREX 



Liriodendron 



L. Tulipifera. White Wood. 

 No tree native of Long Island 

 is more worthy of praise, as it 

 ranks with the White Pine and 

 White Oak, among our noblest 

 trees. The trunk is as straight 

 and graceful as a Grecian 

 column. The beauty and 

 symmetry of its ovate top is 

 worthy of admiration. The 

 flowers are yellow tulips. It 

 rapidly becomes a' large tree. 

 It should be transplanted in 

 spring only. 



Pyramidal. /,. Tulipifera, var. 

 pyramidale. With all the 

 heulthfulness of the species, 

 this variety promises to fill 

 the same place in the land- 

 scape as Lotnbardy Poplar. 



YELLOW-WOOD 



Cladrastis 



C. tinctoria ; syn., Virgilea lutea. 

 This neat clean tree has long 

 racemes of white flowers like 

 the wistaria. The smooth 

 gray bark resembles the 

 beeches. 



WILLOW. SaKx 



The Willow family is char- 

 acterized by quick growth, 

 ability to grow on upland and 

 where too wet for many other 

 trees, and ease of transplant- 

 ing. They have generally nar- 

 row leaves. For forming shelter- 

 belts near the sea, they should 

 be planted thickly with poplars, 

 privet and other species recom- 

 mended for the purpose, in 

 groups 15 to 50 feet wide, 5 to 

 12 feet apart. In the lee of such 

 shelter-belts most other species 

 thriving in this latitude may be 

 grown, as well as Pines, Firs 

 and Spruces, thus making an all-the-year-round 

 shelter. The thickly matted roots hold stream- 

 banks and shores. 



Babylonian Weeping. S. Babylonica. In old trees 

 the wide top of gnarled branches supports a soft 

 veil of foliage dipping to the water. 



Salamon's. S. Babylonica, var. Salamonii. The 

 most rapid-growing tree where it finds a supply 

 of moisture and fertility. It is more upright 

 than the Babylonian, and makes a handsome 

 tree, with the tips of the branches drooping. 



Yellow. S. vitellina. The Yellow Willow, some- 

 times called White Willow, is a broad-spreading 

 tree with no weeping branches. It quickly be- 

 comes a tree 2 or 3 feet in diameter. 



