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Ornamental Shrubs. 



In a certain sense it is lodged upon by the Eastern 

 populace as an object of veneration and emblematic of 

 sacred things. At its best it grows some thirty feet high, 

 but in this country it seldom reaches that altitude. It has 



WEEPING SOPHORA. 



graceful foHage, and the leaves are large, green tinged 

 with blue, and hold their color well. They are com- 

 pound, with eleven to thirteen oblong-oval and pointed 

 leaflets. The flowers are terminal, in long, open pan- 

 icles and creamy-white in color. They appear in August 

 and September. Wherever seen this sophora proves 



