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Cercis Canadensis, L. Red-bud. Judas-tree. 



Chcerophyllum procumbens, Crantz. 



Collinsia verna, Nutt. 



Coreopsis trichosperma, Michx., var. tenuiloba, Gray. Tickseed Sunflower. 



Desmodium Manlandicum, F. Boot. Tick-Trefoil. 



Eleocharis equisetoides, Torr. Spike-Rush. 



Eleocharis olivacea, Torr. Spike-Rush. 



Eleocharis quadrangulata, R. Br. Spike-Rush. 



Eleocharis tiobbinsii, Oakes. Spi tee-Rush. 



Eleocharis rostellata, Torr. Spike-Rush. 



Erigenia bulbosa, Nutt. Harbinger-of-Spring. 



Gymnocladus Canadensis, Lam. Ky. Coffee-tree. 



Hemicarpha subsquarrosa, Nees. 



Liriodendron Tulipifera, L. White-wood. Tulip-tree. 



Morus rubra, L. Red Mulberry. 



Silphium terebinthinaceum, L. Prarie Dock. 



Tradescantiu Virginica, L. Common Spiderwort. 



Utricularia resupinata, B. D. Greene. Bladderwort. 



PLANTING THE ROADSIDE AND ABOUT THE HOME. 



As students and admirers of nature, we are unable to name a single 

 native tree or shrub that is not interesting and, in some important respects, 

 beautiful and worthy of consideration in making a list for ornamental 

 planting, especially on a large estate. For certain places each kind of 

 "tree is just the thing." With a more extended knowledge of these trees, 

 one is usually much less liable to be hampered by fashion. He will not 

 make the same selections as his neighbors and will thereby exhibit more 

 originality in his designs. 



In most species there is considerable variation in the modes of growth 

 of different individuals. The student of botany and horticulture is learn- 

 ing never to express surprise at finding or hearing of specimens of any 

 species of our trees or shrubs which have a weeping habit. In like man- 

 ner, time is almost sure to produce dwarf specimens of every plant, and 

 those with variegated or cut leaves, as well as those with white or double 

 flowers. Testimony regarding variations of this sort is all the time com- 

 ing in from different sources. 



For a complete list of our sixty-nine native species of trees, the reader 

 is referred to page 



For shade trees along the roadside, or in the front yard,_in country or 

 city, among our deciduous-leaved trees, the sugar maple (including the 

 black maple) is a general favorite and the one most extensively planted. 

 It is a fashionable tree, producing a dense, clean top, much the shape of a 

 well-built hay stack. Too many trees of this sort, however beautiful they 

 may be, give a monotonous appearance to a yard or roadside. 



The American elm, when well grown, is the queen of the deciduous- 

 leaved trees of northern temperate regions, and is often planted. Our 

 numerous species of oaks are too much neglected as ornamental trees, 

 partially, perhaps, because they often hold their dead leaves during winter. 



Among evergreens, for general planting, the white pine, arbor- vitse, 

 hemlock, red cedar and Norway pine, can scarcely be equalled by any 

 species in temperate climates. Well-grown hemlocks have been considered 

 by competent judges to be the finest evergreens in cultivation, while, in 

 many respects, the white pine cannot be excelled. 



It should not be forgotten that a very large proportion of foreign trees 

 and shrubs have not proved hardy, or. after a few years, in some respects 



