150 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



the redbud, requires some care to prevent an excessive 

 growth, which would make it liable to winter-killing. 



FIG. 77. WHITE-FRINGE (GMonantJms Virginicus). 



FLOWERING DOGWOOD (Cornus Florida), Fig. 78. This 

 small tree requires some protection from the hot sun and 

 drying winds of winter to reach its greatest perfection. In 

 full exposure the large white bracts about the flowers, the 

 ornamental part of the blossoms, are often injured, but 

 under the shade of larger trees, on the north slope of a hill 

 or in the shade of buildings and in rather moist soil, it 

 becomes one of the most beautiful of our native small trees. 

 The pink or red form of this species is also very beautiful 

 and valuable. 



ENGLISH HAWTHORN (Cratagus oxycantha), Fig. 79. 

 The double-flowering hawthorns are among the most beau- 

 tiful of the small trees. The flowers are very brilliant 



