194 Ornamental Shrubs. 



disappointment often experienced by the owner of a small 

 place, when he finds the pride he has taken in his trees to 

 be changing to dismay as they rapidly increase in size 

 year after year, and shut out desirable outlooks and air, 

 till at last they become a nuisance instead of a joy. 



For all purposes where a dwarf tree is needed K. 

 paniculata can be recommended and without reservation. 

 It is easily grown in common soil, and is believed to suc- 

 ceed best where the ground is not very rich. It has 

 irregular, spreading branches covered with dark green 

 leaves alternate and deeply toothed. In June and July, as 

 the blossoms of the horse-chestnut fall and flowering trees 

 become rare, those of koelreuteria appear. They are 

 mostly of a rich yellow, and are borne in large panicles of 

 many flowers that stand out conspicuously from the green 

 foliage. These are followed by a fruit varying in color, 

 green, bronze-red, and purple. The keeping quality of the 

 leaves, and the succeeding flowers and fruit, make the tree 

 ornamental and interesting for an unusually long period. 

 The fact that the young plants spring up readily from the 

 seed that falls to the ground, leads to the hope that this 

 beautiful little foreigner will some day be familiarly known 

 in our gardens. 



RHUS— Sumach. 



THE genus rhus includes more than a hundred 

 species of interesting plants widely distributed over 

 both continents, though few or none are found 

 within the tropics. They are most abundant in the United 

 States, China, Japan, and South Africa, the range on the 



