CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



Rosa rubiginosa Sweetbrier, Eglantine. Four-six feet ; 

 N. S., Va.; May to June; roadsides; pink; orange red to scar- 

 let hips; leaves aromatic; massed shrubbery. 



Rosa rugosa Japanese Rose. Three-four feet; im- 

 ported; May to October; any good soil; purple and white; 

 large red hips ; very decorative ; good hedgerows. 



Rosa wichuraiana Japanese Trailing Rose. Six feet; 

 rapid growth; introduced; June; any sandy or gravelly soil; 

 white; fragrant; scarlet hips; fine dark-green foliage; good 

 covering for waste places; half evergreen. 



Pyrus arbutifolia Red Chokeberry. Two-eight feet; 

 Can., Fla., Minn., 111., Mo., La.; May and June; swamps and 

 wet woods; white or purplish; dull-red pome; rich, shining 

 green; exceedingly ornamental. 



Pyrus nigra Black Chokeberry. Two-five feet; Can., 

 Fla., Mich.; May; low, moist ground; white; shining black; 

 shining green above; yellow green beneath. 



Amelanchier canadensis Shadbush. Ten-thirty feet; 

 Can., Minn., Kan., La.; April and May; swamps and open 

 woodlands; white; crimson or purplish; yellow; varieties 

 differ in colors of opening leaves, one form red, another sil- 

 very white with brilliant scarlet bud scales and parts. 



ANACARDIACE3E. Sumach Family. 



Rhus glabra Smooth Sumach. Ten-fifteen feet; Can., 

 Fla., Miss., Ariz.; June to Aug.; barren, rocky soil; green; 

 velvety crimson; scarlet and orange; good for massing. 



Rhus aromatica Fragrant Sumach. Two-six feet ; Can., 

 Fla., Minn., La.; March and April; dry, rocky soil; greenish 

 yellow ; red drupe ; orange and scarlet ; used under shrubbery. 



Cotinus cotinus Smoke-Tree. Six-twenty feet; intro- 

 duced ; May ; good soil ; yellowish green ; green to dull yellow 

 and red; dull green; most attractive in fruit. 



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