PLANTING AND CARE OF TREES 



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The following lists are furnished with the hope that they may he 

 of service in the selection of species for special purposes and condi- 

 tions. They have heen modified after Rehder\ and Fernow^ 

 They are not intended to be complete, but are fairly reliable for 

 northeastern conditions. The common names are used, but their 

 corresponding botanic name generally may be obtained by referring 



to Part II. 



TREES WITH SHOWY FLOWERS. 

 BLOOMING BEFORE OR WITH THE LEAVES, 



Apple (fls. white or pinkish). 

 Cherries, several species (fls. white). 

 Flowering Dogwood (fls. white). 

 Peach (fls. pinl^). 

 Plums, several species (fls. white). 

 Eed Bud (fls. rosy pink). 

 Red Maple (fls. blood red) . 

 Shad Bush (fls. white). 

 AYillow (fls. yellow). 



BLOOMING AFTER THE LEAVES. 



Basswood (fls. white). 



Catalpa (fls. white or yellow). 



Chestnut (fls. white or yellowish, blooms in July). 



Common Locust (fls. white or light pink). 



Cucumber Tree (fls. yellow) and other Magnolias. 



Hawthorn (fls. white). 



Horse-chestnut (fls. white or red). 



Mountain Ash (fls. white). 



Tulip Tree (fls. yellow). 



Yellow Wood (fls. white). 



TREES WITH SHOWY FRUITS. 



Apple (fr. red or yellow). 

 Ailanthus var. erythrocarpa (fr. red). 

 Cherries (fr. red, black or yellow). 

 Flowering Dogwood (fr. scarlet). 

 Hawthorns (fr. red or yellow). 

 Holly (fr. red). 

 IMountain Ash (fr. red). 



l_Rehder. Alfred, in Bailey's Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, IV. 

 pp. 1835-6, 1906. ^ ^^, -_- ,„,. 



2 Fernow, B. E., The Care of Trees, pp. 364-373, 1911. 



