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feet, which has the ability to cover dry, rocky areas. Its noticeable yellow 

 flowers of early spring are followed by aromatic, toothed leaves which turn 

 orange or red in autumn. 



RHUS COPALLINA Shining Sumac 



Deciduous native shrub or small tree (up to thirty feet), with reddish 

 branches and shining foliage. Its greatest landscape value is in autumn when 

 the foliage turns purplish and the showy crimson fruit clusters are prominently 

 displayed. Useful for roadside planting. 



RHUS GLABRA SMOOTH SUMAC 



Another native deciduous shrub with an ultimate height of some ten feet. 

 Valuable in the open landscape because of its bright red, fall foliage coloration 

 and scarlet fruiting parts. Fruits attractive to grouse and deer. 



Rhus typhina STAGHORN SuMAC 



The common, coarse, free-suckering, deciduous shrub of waste areas which 

 typifies the name Sumac in popular usage. Its feathery foliage turns scarlet 

 and orange in autumn. Crimson fruit clusters if washed with hot water yield 

 a palatable decoction resembling lemonade in taste. Several cut-leaved 

 forms are in cultivation. The fruits are attractive to grouse and deer. 



ROBINIA KELSEYI Kelsey Locust 



A tall, deciduous shrub (five to nine feet) with characteristic locust foliage 

 and rose-colored, pea-shaped flowers in May and June, followed later by purple 

 seed pods. A free-suckering plant with ability to form thickets if let run wild 

 on large areas. With care, it can be maintained as an individual shrub. 



ROSE 



The very magnitude of the field of knowledge concerning Roses and their 

 culture precludes any comprehensive treatment of the subject in a study such 

 as this. Such information is, of necessity, contained in a literature of its own. 

 Nevertheless, it is not possible to consider at all complete any enumeration 

 of woody plant materials which gives no thought whatsoever to the Rose; for, 

 after all, it is a woody plant capable, in several of its numerous expressions, 

 of being something more than an intensively stimulated flower-producing 

 mechanism. In its various phases, it has habit, foliage, stem, fruiting, and 

 other characteristics in common with desirable shrubs and vines of other 

 genera. Hence, the reason for the following admittedly incomplete but not 

 particularly arbitrary selections. Specialized publications and catalogues 

 should be consulted for information concerning Roses, both climbing and bush, 

 for more conventional uses. 



Rosa acicularis PRICKLY ROSE 



A very hardy bush about three feet in height. Its single pink flowers, some 

 two and one-half inches across, are followed by bright, pear-shaped fruits. 

 For roadside planting and use on other similar large areas. 



Rosa arvensis 



Very hardy, vigorous, trailing-branched, almost evergreen species which 

 will grow in soil that will support few other Roses. It sends up flowers, white, 

 single, and scentless. A plant for the large rockery or for bank planting. 



Rosa blanda Meadow Rose 



A very hardy, native rose, growing from two to four feet in height in moist 

 soil and spreading freely by suckers. Its single pink flowers are two to two 

 and a half inches across. For semi-wild plantings. 



