256 HARDY PICTORIAL TREES. 



Deciduous. Height, 10 feet. A very distinct and 

 beautiful shrub, the numerous yellow flowers contrasting 

 admirably with the reddish-purple leaves in spring. 



Corylus avellana purpurea (the Purple Nut). Decidu- 

 ous. Height, 6 feet. A valuable shrub, with broad dark 

 purple leaves. 



Daphne mezereumfoliispurpureis (the Purple Mezereum). 

 Deciduous. Height, 4 feet. Free only in warm loamy 

 soils, but desirable for the colour of its leaves. 



Enonymus atropurpureus. Deciduous. Height, 6 feet. 

 A very distinct and effective shrub, occasionally presenting 

 a mixture of green, scarlet, and purple leaves. 



Fagus sylvatica purpurea (the Purple Beech). Decidu- 

 ous. Height, 40 feet. The monarch of purple-leaved 

 trees, well suited for parks and the outline of shrubberies. 

 There are many varieties of this tree, shading from copper- 

 colour to blackish purple. 



Quercus nigra (the Black Oak). Deciduous. Height, 

 30 feet. This beautiful tree is at present but little known ; 

 the leaves are as dark as those of the Purple Nut, and 

 there seems a probability that if it does not rival it will at 

 least take a place beside the Purple Beech in the future of 

 gardening. 



Ulmus montana purpurea (the Purple Elm). Deciduous. 

 Height, 50 feet. This tree is less marked in colour than 

 most of the preceding, yet when it becomes of some size 

 the effect is sufficiently striking to make it desirable. 



TREES AND SHRUBS WITH LEAVES YELLOWISH 

 OR GOLDEN. 



Aucuba japonica maculata (male and female). Ever- 

 green. Height, 6 feet. Very useful and ornamental in 

 beds or shrubberies, and stands the smoke of large towns 

 better than any other evergreen. The female plant bears 

 an abundance of scarlet berries. Of other golden-leaved 

 Aucubas, among the best are limbata, bicolor, and lati- 

 maculata. 



