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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



AMERICAN HOLLY 

 (/. Opaca) 



About the best known and loved of our Christmas evergreens. 

 Two or three holly trees in a shady corner in the garden 

 will be a source of pleasure all the year round. 



otiymus curopaeus). The winged spindle tree {Ennony- 

 mus alatus) is a Japanese plant that forms broad bushes 

 up to a height of twelve feet and is wonderfully prolific 

 in fruiting, but best of all they hang on well into the 

 winter. The branches of this plant are covered with 

 wing-like protuberances of a corky nature that adds much 

 to the winter appearance when seen at close range. 



Another large group of plants that add brightness to 

 the winter landscape is the wild roses, including some 

 introduced species. Probably the most popular and most 

 widely grown is the rugosa or ramanas rose (Rosa rug- 

 osa). This is attractive because of its heavy rough 

 loliage as well as its winter hips that hang on well toward 

 spring. The usual form has deep rose-colored single 

 flowers while there is another equally good that has 

 white flowers. Most of the named hybrids are lacking 

 in the attractive winter hips that are so abundant on the 

 species. In addition to this exotic species the native wild 

 roses are most of them attractive in winter both for their 

 hips and their bright stems. The hips are many of them 

 even brighter than those of the rugosa rose and hold 

 longer in a bright fresh condition. Among these are 



the shiny-leaved rose (Rosa lucida) the Carolina rose 

 (R. multiflora japonica), which has clusters of small 

 many others, including the half climbing Japanese rose 

 {R. multiflora japonica), which has clusters of sm?U 

 white flowers followed by small bright red hips in clus- 

 ters. 



In addition to trees and bushes already mentioned 

 there is a dwarf euonymus that is useful for a low under 

 .shrub growing from one to three feet high and bearing 

 the characteristic fruits of this family. This is Euony- 

 mus canadensis, with orange berries. Another one of this 

 family is a vine that can be used in place of English ivy 

 and is hardy farther north than the ivy. This is Euony- 

 mus radicans, an evergreen plant that bears orange-col- 

 ored fruits abundantly on the fruiting forms. 



There are also two other vines that have showy ber- 

 ries, one is the false bitter-sweet {Tecoma radicans), 

 that bears orange berries that are released from oval 

 capsules in the manner that the fruits of Euonymus is 

 released holding in the capsule for several weeks and 

 making an attractive Thanksgiving decoration in those 

 regions where it is native. The foliage is excellent, mak- 

 ing the vine most useful where a vigorous dark foliaged 



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SILVER THORN 

 (. Umbellata) 



A taller growing species of the Japanese Silver Thorn, producing 

 masses of red berries. It will grow twelve feet high and is a 

 fine addition to any shrub border, producing winter feed for the 

 birds and adding a bright touch of color when the leaves are 

 gone. 



