Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
which will be found stated in the detailed descriptions. 
The bark has a peculiarly tough and obstinate look in 
all of them, and the fruits are quite diverse. Of hick- 
ory-nuts only the ‘‘shagbark’’ and the pecan-nut (a 
hickory growing in Illinois and southward) have com- 
mercial value. It will gild the edge of this somewhat 
unflattering account to say that the hickory contributes 
a very distinctive tone to autumn coloring. The rusty 
yellow that first replaces the green soon deepens to a 
rich golden brown, by which the full-foliaged pyramidal 
mass becomes a notable object in an October landscape. 
Brack Haw.—Of all low trees and shrubs in woods 
and lanes the most conspicuous for abundant bloom in 
the middle of May, as the dogwood fades, is the black 
haw or stag-bush, one of the most valuable of native 
growths for planting broadcast, and very desirable for 
the particular season when in flower. It is cosmopolitan, 
thriving anywhere, and its mass of pure white makes it 
for the nonce the rival of the apple-tree, and the later- 
blooming thorn. ‘True, it is not exactly a ‘‘ cultured ’”’ 
plant ; it lacks the indefinable something that makes so 
many of our shrubs decorative when past the blooming 
period. Its small leaf, in form and texture, is scarcely 
dressy enough to compete with the choicer kinds. But 
it is such a royal blossomer that in its palmy days of 
May it is a very effective species for the lawn, and much 
of the beauty of Central Park at that season is due to 
the abundant planting of this small variety. After its 
gala-day of flowering—which, by the way, is of good 
length—it is fairly crowded out of mind by the other 
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