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The next tree is the liudeu and here there is nothing better thau the Amer- 

 ican linden but it is one of the most difficult trees to get in the 

 nurseries that I know of. It is one of our hardiest and tough- 

 est trees, especiallj- where the exposure is along the seashore. It will 

 stand along the seashores within a few feet of high-water mark and will 

 withstand the attacks of wind and wave. I do not mean that it makes 

 huge trees under these circumstances, but it will grow and live and that is 

 as much as we can expect. Although it sheds its leaves a little earlier in 

 the autumn than some of our trees, it is not so quick to shed its leaves as 

 the European linden ; the European linden leaves us bare poles by the 

 end of August. The the American linden flower is most acceptable to 

 bees. 



I consider the European linden a beautiful tree but I want to say- 

 emphatically that the American linden is much better and that it should 

 be planted— something that is seldom done largely because it is so difficult 

 to obtain it. 



The other spirjeais Spiraea Van Houttei and is a garden hybrid. It 

 is about eight feet when fully developed under extremely favorable 

 circumstances and has an abundance of flowers about the last of ^May. 

 The flowers grow in such great masses that the tree is often bent almost 

 to the ground. It is one of the most symmetrical growers and should 

 be more commonly planted. 



I will pass over the well known Hybrid roses, the yellow roses, and 

 climbing roses, and say a word or two in regard to the single roses that 

 have lately been introduced. Rosa rugosa, the most remarkable, come 

 from Japan and have attracted the most notice. There are two forms, 

 the purple and white, and they are thoroughly established in gardens; 

 it seems to succeed thoroughly and is one of our most impor- 

 tant plants. This has a large single flower measuring perhaps four or 

 five inches in diameter, one purple and the other white. The foliage is 

 dai-k green and keeps in good condition during the summer months 

 and the flowers are succeeded bj^ bright, handsome rose heads during the 

 autumn. 



The other rose, which is sometimes called the Japanese multiflora to 

 distinguish from an old multiflora that we grow in the greenhouses, is a 

 thoroughly hardy plant and is a rapid grower. It is a fine plant for a 

 trellis or for covering a wall or fence; it must be trained, how- 

 ever, and during the latter part of June is covered with quantities of 

 small white flowers. Tlie individual flower is only, perhaps, the size of 

 a ten cent piece, but there are hundreds and thousands of these flowers 

 on the plant. It is being introduced in some places as a hedge plant and 

 it promises to be a very good one. It has enough thorns, it has a suffi- 

 cient amount of sturdy thorny growth to fairly protect a field against 

 childi-eu or dogs; not against cattle or horses, however. 



There ai'e vai-ious mock oranges, or so-called syringas. Here is a plant 

 that is desirable because it will grow in the shade. Xot grow better in 

 the shade, — it will grow best in the open air and in the brightest sun- 



