THE GARDEN AT HOME 



that open in lavish profusion ; and when their time comes, 

 how tenderly the petals fall, how bewitchingly they lie I 

 The Lily Tree, with falling flowers, is as lovely as when 

 in full bloom, for the petals lie thickly on the green- 

 sward like flakes of April snow. And how entrancing to 

 watch the birth of the large, green, lustrous leaves ! They 

 claim such affection that their passing in autumn is a 

 matter for keen regret. Another Lily Tree called soulan- 

 geana, with larger blossom, reddish purple without and 

 whitish within, though handsome, has not quite the 

 charm of the Yulan. The smaller growing Star Magnolia 

 (Magnolia stellata) is charming when in bloom in March, 

 and a group of half a dozen, especially if the ground 

 beneath is carpeted with blue Squills, makes a bewitching 

 spring picture. 



Need I sing the praises of the Golden Chain (Laburnum) 

 and descant on the unsurpassed loveliness of the blossoms 

 that hang like golden tresses, and, dying, gild the green 

 turf beneath ? Rather let me counsel the home gardener 

 to mingle with it the red-flowered May, for both blos- 

 som together. If the mauve Wistaria can be coaxed up 

 the gnarled stump of some dead tree, what exquisite 

 moments are in store for the gardener when the graceful 

 bloom bunches depend ! And why restrict one's selec- 

 tion to the common Wistaria when another kind, called 

 multijuga, with flower bunches 2 feet long, is available, 

 not only in mauve but in white ? 



The Judas Tree (Cereis siliquastrum) is more pic- 



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