CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



The flowers are succeeded by many-seeded pods, 

 characteristic of the Leguminosce or Pea Family, 

 which become bright rose-colored, changing to 

 brown, and in crowded masses hang on the tree 

 until early winter. The mature foliage of thick 

 leathery texture is good throughout the summer 

 and fall. It may be planted to good advantage 



Cercis canadensis: Redbud. 



with the Cornus florida, as the habits of growth 

 are so dissimilar. 



The yellow Flowering Currant — Rihes au- 

 reum — Missouri Currant — has delicate, pale- 

 green leaves, and flowers of spicy odor, suc- 

 ceeded by black fruit. 



No garden is complete without some bushes 

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