NATIVE TREES 



Burning-Bush, retains its bright-red f niit until 

 midwinter. Hamamelis virginiana, or Witch- 

 Hazel, almost forgets to bloom. After the other 

 trees have prepared for winter, and its leaves 

 are brown and falling, the yellow flowers burst 

 into bloom, and give to the November woods a 

 suggestion of summer sunlight. 



Pinus strohus — White Pine — is the most 

 stately and beautiful of all the conifers. The 

 slender, silky, green needles make it very de- 

 sirable for landscape effects. Picea alba — White 

 Spruce — in growth and texture produces artistic 

 contrasts with deciduous trees. Tsuga canaden- 

 sis, or Hemlock, is more graceful than the 

 Spruce, and being a shade-enduring tree, can be 

 used for massing under other trees. Larix lari- 

 cina and Larix Europcea — Tamarack and Euro- 

 pean Larch — grow best in moist situations. 

 Foliage, cones, and catkins are exceedingly light 

 and dainty in the spring. Thuja occidentalis — 

 Arborvitae — is used for hedges, and extensively 

 cultivated as an ornamental tree. Its formal 

 outline makes it useful in the architectural style 

 of landscape-gardening. Chamcecyparis sphce- 

 roidea — White Cedar — Juniperus communis — 

 Common Juniper — are statuesque in habit, and 

 produce fine contrasts with the more freely grow- 

 ing trees and give accent to the landscape. 



Salisburia adiantifolia — ^the Gingko-Tree — is 

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