Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
out at all underrating their value. It is perhaps need- 
less to add that these rarer species are generally some- 
what more expensive, for which there will doubtless be 
ample compensation in the greater satisfaction derived 
from a more choice and varied selection, whose beauties 
of color and form are not reduplicated upon your neigh- 
bor’s grounds. To the popular name of each species is 
added its botanical name, color of blossom, and other 
characteristic features. 
FIRST DOZEN 
Weeping cut-leaved white birch (Betula alba laciniata pendula) 
Weeping beech (Fagus sylvatica pendula) 
Forsythia viridissima ; yellow; April 
Japanese quince; Pyrus japonica; pink to white; early spring 
Kerria japonica; yellow; early summer 
Deutzia gracilis; white; early summer 
Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora; white, then pink; September 
Euonymus japonicus; evergreen, glossy 
Weigela amabilis; red or white; June 
Tamarix africana; pink; May, June 
Pieris japonica; white; April, May; evergreen, glossy 
Cembra pine (Pinus Cembra) 
SECOND DOZEN 
Cut-leaved beech (Fagus sylvatica asplenifolia) 
Weeping Pussian mulberry (Morus tartarica pendula) 
Yulan; white; April (Magnolia conspicua) 
Magnolia soulangeana; purplish; April 
English hawthorn; pink; June (Crateegus oxyacantha flore plena 
rosea) 
Rhododendron ; various tints; June 
Rosa rugosa; pink; June 
Holly-leaved barberry (Mahonia aquifolia) 
Cryptomeria japonica; coniferous evergreen 
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