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flower is the English variety {Cratcegus oxycantha) with 

 its white or scarlet flowers, but this species is liable 

 to blight in America and does not equal in beauty of 

 foliage and size and brilliancy of fruit the numerous 

 American species among which are the well-known 

 cockspur {Crus galU) and coccinea kinds. These 

 thorns are gems of beauty and of varied individuality; 

 no soil or exposure seems too adverse for them. San 

 Jose scale is an insect pest that troubles the American 

 hawthorns as well as the English, but a little care 

 will readily conquer it. The same may be said of the 

 Japan quince and the flowering apple and peach and 

 plum and almond. They are all most lovely in spring 

 but are all liable to San Jose scale. 



MagnoHas make one of the choicest denizens of the 

 lawn but are hard to transplant. One of the sights of 

 Central Park, New York, is a large tree, a Chinese 

 magnolia {M. conspicua), a perfect cloud of white 

 bloom, with as yet no leaves, in the midst of a snow- 

 storm in April. 



But after spring come the summer effects, which 

 really commence in May and linger on through the first 

 and second weeks of June and later. This is the season 

 of roses and with a little care they are beautiful, but 

 with pruning at frequent intervals and also cultivating 

 with plenty of manure and mulch, making a light mellow 

 soil containing plenty of humus, they are unsurpassed 

 for beauty. There are the climbing Wichuriana hybrids 

 on the wall in mid- June and the regular June roses 

 blooming freely once only such as the General Jacque- 



