264 THE NEW GARDENING 



The Strawberry Tree, Arbutus Unedo, is a handsome 

 small tree or large bush, with lance-shaped, cut-edged 

 leaves, and white flowers in late summer. The spiny 

 fruits take several months to ripen, but when they assume 

 their full colour they are very brilliant. There are several 

 varieties, and compacta is one of the best, because of its 

 good habit. Croomii and rubra are scarlet. 



The Hornbeam, Carpinus Betulus, is perhaps used the 

 most largely as a hedge plant, but some of its varieties, 

 such as asplenifolia, incisa and pendula, the last drooping, 

 are worthy of more distinctive use. 



The Hickories, Carya species, are important American 

 trees, with pinnate leaves that turn yellow in the fall, 

 and give welcome golden tints in the garden. 



The Catalpas are good lawn trees and will thrive in 

 town gardens. The most popular species is bignonioides, 

 called the Indian Bean, but an American tree. When in 

 bloom in summer it is full of beauty and interest, for the 

 flowers are borne profusely, and the purple and yellow 

 markings on white ground are really beautiful. There 

 is a form called aurea which has bright yellow leaves, 

 and another called purpurea. 



The Judas Tree, Cercis Siliquastrum, is a small tree 

 with dark bark and Pea-shaped purplish red flowers 

 which appear in profusion in spring in advance of the 

 leaves. It is not entirely hardy, and is best put in a 

 sheltered place or among shrubs. There is a form with 

 pale pink and one (alba) with white flowers. 



The Hawthorn, Crataegus Oxyacantha, is the common 

 hedge " Quick " and therefore of no importance as a 

 garden tree, but the best garden Thorns grown as 

 standards, such as Double Scarlet, Double Crimson and 

 Double White, are of great value, as we saw in our 

 chapter on Herbaceous Borders. They may be set in 



