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The American or Fountaia "Willow and the Kilmarnock come 

 in well at times on tlie point where two roads meet and 

 converge. They are also adapted to borders and corners of lots 

 in cemeteries. Two owners of lots adjoining should conspire 

 together to place the weeper upon the joint corner line. 



Weeping 7%or7i.— There are several varieties of Weeping 

 Thorns (Orategus) all of them pretty and well suited for plant- 

 ing on small lawns or cemetery lots. 



DECIDUOUS TREES. 



In all of ornamental gardening the deciduous trees take a first 

 rank for the blossoming of the bud, the ripening of the seed or 

 fruit, the ever changing of the foliage gives daily a variety to 

 the whole of the grounds where they are planted. Our work is 

 not of sufficient extent of character to note all varieties, unless 

 we condense our remarks to a few words. 



The Snowy Maple Leaved Abele, belonging to the poplar 

 family, is a tree of rapid growth, but with such a tendency to 

 sucker that it is unworthy ol culture. 



The Ailanthus, or Flower of Heaven, is a tree of rapid 

 growth. Like others, elm, maple, etc., it has two sexes, both of 

 which produce flowers, the male much less abundantly than the 

 female, and while the male suckers freely the female does not. 

 The perfume from the flower of the female is poisonous, while 

 that of the male is not No insects trouble these trees, and they 

 are mainly valuable for the street. 



The Ash is varied in its forms and accordingly is suited to 

 locations. The flowering Var, Ornus Europea, Salicifolia, 

 Americoimis are among the best for lawns or streets. An 

 ornamental tree is produced by grafting the Dwarf Globe headed 

 (originated with Ellwanger & Bany) about six feet high on the 

 stocks of the American Ash. 



The Beech — Fagus. — Our American Beech {Fagus Americana) 

 we rank as combining in itself more of beauty, grace and 

 Baagnifieenee than perhaps any other of our forest trees. True, 

 it has not the oak, but with its stateliness of upright, spreading 



