CERCIS 



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GLAUCOUS SCORPION -SKNNA' (155) Corqnilla glatica is a smooth 

 shrub 2 to 4 feet high ; leaves whitish with a bloom of 5 to 7 blunt blades ; 

 flowers 7 to 8 in an open cluster, yel- 

 low, fragrant in the daytime but not 

 at night, blooming through the year in 

 southern California. 



[Fresh seeds ; twig cuttings ; divi- 

 sions. ] 



FIG. 1G1. Green-aiid-white 

 Bauhinia. 



FIG. 1(!0. Purple-flowered 

 Bauhinia. 



CSrcis. The REDBUDS or JUDAS TREKS 

 are beautiful flowering shrubs with large 

 heart-shaped simple alternate leaves ; 

 pea-shaped purple or red flowers in early 

 spring close clustered along the old 



branches and flat pea-like pods 2 to 5 inches long, in summer. 

 AMERICAN REDIJUD (150) Cer- 



cis canadfinsis is a very ornamen- 

 tal shrub or small tree, to 40 feet, 



with rosy-pink flowers J, inch long 



and rather broad pods 2J to 3J 



inches long. 



CHINESE REDBUD (157) Cercis 



chine'nsis has purplish flowers, 



longer and narrower pods, and 



grows, under good conditions, even 



taller than the above. 



CALIFORNIA Ri:t>Hn> Cercis- 



occidentalis is never more than a 



shrub, to 15 feet, has rose-colored 



flowers, blunt-tipped leaves about 



2 inches wide and pods only 2 to 



2i inches long. 



FIG. 1G2. Red-flowered Bauliiuki. 



