THE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS —- TREES 325 
Honey locust, Gleditschia triacanthos.*+ 
Tree of striking habit, with big branching thorns and very large pods; 
there is also a thornless form. 
Kentucky coffee-tree, Gymnocladus Canadensis.* 
Light and graceful; unique in winter. 
Bitternut, Hicoria minima (or Carya amara).* 
Much like black ash in aspect; not appreciated. 
Hickory, H. ovata, (or Carya alba),*t and others. 
Pecan, H. Pecan.*f 
Hardy in places as far north as New Jersey, and reportea still farther. 
Butternut, Juglans cinerea.* 
Walnut, J. nigra.* 
Varnish-tree, Kelreuteria paniculata. 
A medium-sized tree of good character, producing a profusion of golden- 
yellow flowers in July; should be better known. 
European larch, Larix decidua (L. Europea).t 
American larch or tamarack, L. Americana.* 
Gum-tree, sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua.*f 
A good tree, reaching as far north as Connecticut, and hardy in parts 
of western New York although not growing large; foliage maple-like; a 
characteristic tree of the South. 
Tulip tree or whitewood, Liriodendron Tulipifera.*t 
Unique in foliage and flower and deserving to be more planted. 
Cucumber tree, Magnolia acuminata.*} 
Native in the Northern states; excellent. 
White bay-tree, AZ. glauca.* 
Very attractive small tree, native along the coast to Massachusetts; where 
not hardy, the young growth each year is good. 
Of the foreign magnolias hardy in the North, two species and one group of 
hybrids are prominent: JM. stellata (or M. Halleana) and M, Yulan (or M. 
conspicua), both white-flowered, the former very early and having 9-18 
petals and the latter (which is a larger tree) having 6-9 petals; MZ. Sou- 
langeana, a hybrid group including the forms known as Lennet, nigra, Nor- 
bertiana, speciosa, grandis. All these magnolias are deciduous and bloom 
before the leaves appear. 
