FOREST TREES. %9 
Cercis siliquastrum. 
The European Judas tree much resembles the 
American species, but is said to be inferior in beauty. 
T have never seen it in flower, as it is not hardy in 
Northern Illinois. 
CHIONANTHUS. 
Natural Order, Oleacec. 
Calyx, four-parted, very small, persistent; corolla, 
of four long and linear petals, barely united at the 
base ; stamens, two, rarely three or four, on the base 
of the corolla, very short; stigma, notched; berry, 
fleshy, globular, becoming one-celled and one-seeded. 
Chionanthus Virginica—Fringe Tree. 
Leaves, oval, oblong, or obovate, lanceolate, smooth- 
ish, or rather downy, veiny; berry, purple, with a 
bloom, ovoid. 
This is a small tree, growing from twenty to thirty 
feet high, but flowering when only four or five feet 
high. It is native from Southern Pennsylvania 
southward, and is hardy much farther north. It is 
very ornamental when in bloom, the long, narrow 
petals resembling fringe cut from white paper, but it 
seldom continues in flower more than a week or ten 
days. It blossoms in June, and its dark purple 
berries grow in clusters. It thrives best in a moist 
soil. It is commonly propagated by seeds, but its 
growth is quite slow. It may be grafted on the Ash, 
and if this were done at standard height, a fine 
