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and shadbush before the leaves. Best planted in spring. Isolate 

 from other colours. Evergreens for background most effective. 



SHADBUSH (Amelancbier Canadensis). 20 feet. Mass of small, white, 

 plum-like flowers in very early spring; berries May to June, red, 

 relished by nesting birds. Hardy in extreme North, and becoming 

 a tree 60 feet in the South. Most effective white-flowered tree along 

 woodland borders in the spring before the dogwood. Flowers with 

 red bud. 



SORREL TREE (Oxydendrum arboreum). 60 feet. Attractive all the 

 year. Terminal clusters of white flowers in June. Foliage changes 

 to crimson in the fall. Conspicuous seed pods remain white for a 

 long time. Young wood has crimson bark. Stands shade. 



SWEET GUM (Liquid ambar styraciflua). 50 feet. Characteristic tree 

 in the South, but not thriving north of New York. Hard to trans- 

 plant. The ivy-like leaves become beautifully yellow and red in the 

 fall. Seed balls and corky wings on the branches give character 

 in the winter. Does well near water. 



TAMARACK (Larix Americana). 60 feet. Deciduous, coniferous tree; 

 needle-like leaves, pale green, fading to golden yellow in autumn. 

 Grows on any soil, and is better than the larch (L. Europe a), 

 which demands well-drained soil. 



TULIP TREE. See POPLAR, TULIP. 



TUPELO, SOUR GUM (Nyssa sylvatica). 75 feet. Picturesque, bold- 

 looking tree, valuable for distant effects. Bright scarlet foliage in 

 autumn. Winter character peculiarly desolate because of droop- 

 ing limbs. Does not transplant well. 



VARNISH TREE (Kcelreuteria paniculatd). 60 feet. Yellow flowers, 

 June and July, followed by ornamental curved seed pods 2 feet 

 long. Foliage finely divided, becoming rich crimson in the fall. 

 One of the handsomest of the Japanese trees. 



WALNUT, BLACK (Juglans nigra). 125 feet. Preferred soil, fertile hill- 

 side and bottom land. Especially suited to the West and even on 

 alkali lands. Requires wide space to develop. In the East, often 

 disfigured by large webs of the webworm, which should be burned 

 off with torches on poles. Drops its leaves rather eaily in the fall. 



WILLOW, WEEPING (Salix Babylonicd). 40 feet. Branches pendulous. 

 Most rapid-growing "weeper" thriving in average soils. Olive- 



