40 SPRING EFFECTS ON THE LA WN. 



red and white, and still others glow with rich salmon color. 

 There is a large-flowered kind recently introduced from 

 Japan called Oydonia Japonica grandiflora, bearing flowers 

 nearly double the size of our common form, with richly 

 blended colors of salmon red and white. Do not forget, there- 

 fore, to use the different varieties of these Japan quinces. 



The white flowering dogwood ( Oornus florida) should 

 stand on. every lawn. It is hardy, picturesque in growth, 

 and charming in spring with its masses of pure white flow- 

 ers, and is, moreover, an American shrub or tree, and there- 

 fore deserves employment for American planting. 



There are two or three dainty little flowers that come very 

 early in spring, before the leaves appear. I dwell on them 



with special pleasure because 

 their beauty is shy and mod- 

 est, more like that of the 

 violet, and because they af- 

 ford a strong contrast to the 

 glowing brilliance of the Ja- 

 pan quince. JKhodora CaTia- 

 densis, the choicest of these, 

 is little known except to 

 botanists and true plant lov- 

 ers, not certainly because 

 it is rare, for it arrows 



FLOWERING DOGWOOD. ' S) 



(ooRNus FLORIDA.) lu thc woods of Ncw 



England in considerable quantities, and could be ti-ans- 

 planted while young with little difficulty. Indeed, I cannot 

 account satisfactorily for the neglect of such a beautiful and 

 abundant native flower. Perhaps like a good many other 



