DESCRIPTION OF TREES. 149 



of subtropical effect, producing very large heart-shaped 

 leaves and large panicles of flowers after nearly all other 

 trees have bloomed. It is not quite hardy at the North and 

 the trees should not be transplanted to full exposure of the 

 lawn until they reach 2 to 3 inches in diameter to be most 

 successful. 



FLOWERING CHERRIES (Prunus, sp.). Several of the 

 flowering cherries are offered by nurserymen. They are 

 very beautiful for a few days when in bloom, but the 

 flowers soon fall off and the trees are short-lived. If 

 planted in a light soil and grown slowly, they will live in a 

 fairly good condition much longer than in a heavy or very 

 rich soil. As they grow rapidly, they may be used tem- 

 porarily, until more permanent trees have reached a good 

 growth, when they can be removed. 



REDBUD OR JUDAS-TREE (Cercis Canadensis). This is 

 a very beautiful small tree, often taking the shrub form, 

 producing an abundance of bright pink flowers before the 

 leaves appear. The latter are of a very dark rich green 

 color that is ornamental all summer. If grown too rapidly 

 while young, it often winter-kills, like many of the trees 

 coming from the middle and Southern States, and succeeds 

 better in the lawn than if planted in a rich border; enough 

 plant-food, however, must be used to produce a fairly 

 vigorous growth. 



WHITE-FRINGE (Chionanihus Virginicus), Fig. 77. 

 Although generally grown in the form of a large shrub, 

 with a little care this may be made to produce a single 

 trunk by pinching or cutting off all lateral buds and shoots 

 on the main trunk. It is very beautiful, with lace-like 

 fringe of flowers hanging from its small branches, and, like 



