INTRODUCTION 



Among the useful products of trees may be mentioned the orange, lemon, 

 citron, lime, banana, and date: nuts include almonds, Brazil nuts, chestnuts, 

 and walnuts ; and useful beverages are obtained from cocoa and coffee. 



Many fruits and seeds are subject to attack from insect larva?, especially 

 of beetles, many of which are known as weevils. Many trees and shrubs 

 lend beauty to the autumn through the charming effects produced by their 

 conspicuous and brightly coloured fruits, and to the student of Nature they 

 have the additional merit of encouraging bird-life, for the delicacies displayed 

 in such profusion are eagerly devoured by our feathered visitors. 



FINE-FRUITING TREES AND SHRUBS FOR 

 DECORATIVE EFFECT 



Of all the natural orders into which our plants are grouped none is so 

 prolific of fine fruits as the Rosacea?, and many familiar examples are to 

 be found among the Roses, Pyruses, Thorns, and Cotoneasters. Many of 

 the Rose fruits are extremely beautiful, the most conspicuous being the 

 bright red orange-shaped hip of Rosa rugosa, measuring 1 inch or more 

 across, and surrounded by leaf-like persistent sepals H inches long. The 

 Dog Rose, so familiar in our hedges, is also worthy of note, being deserving 

 of a place in the garden, its fruit being, like many others of the genus, a 

 beautiful red. 



Varying shades of red, orange, and yellow are provided by the genus 

 Pyrus, which includes the Crabs, White Beam, and Mountain Ash. Many 

 of the Thorns are very effective, and rarely fail to carry a good crop of 

 brightly coloured fruit. Among the best examples we may place the Cock- 

 spur, Fiery Evergreen, and Washington Thorns. The Cotoneasters may supply 

 us with specimens for the lawn, shrubbery, wall, or rockery, differing so 

 widely in habit that one or more can be found for almost any position 

 seldom failing to provide an autumn show of handsome berries. 



Of the many other showy species we need only mention the inflated 



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