94 FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE OF SUMMER. 



if pruned properly, it is quite unique in its way. Its shade, 

 however, is not as agreeable as that of the beech or mapie. 

 There is a golden catalpa that bears great golden leaves in 

 June, and on its second growth of August and September. 

 These leaves are conspicuous and specially effective at a 

 considerable distance. 



The ashes are many of them quite interesting in summer, 

 ].)articularly those that ai-e variegated on their second growth 

 of young leaves. Such a one is the European ash ( Fraxinus 

 concavcefolia), so called on account of the peculiar forma- 

 tion of its leaves. The second growth of this variety, as well 

 as the growth of June, has the appearance of a loose bouquet 

 of flowers at a distance, white, red, and green, arranged in 

 an irregular clustered shape. 



The white fringe ( Chionanthus Virginica), a relative 

 of the ash, has also a fine shining foliage, which makes it a 

 charming plant even after its lace-like masses of flowers in 

 June are gone. 



One of the finest summer shade and ornamental trees is 

 the Kentucky coffee-tree. The leaves are acacia-like, light- 

 green, and graceful, but their chief charm lies in the fact 

 that they are set on edge, as it were, so that the sunlight 

 slides or sifts through in a very peculiar fashion. This 

 makes the shade, however, of a most agreeable character, 

 and lends the tree a special charm for the summer-time. A 

 rough, dai'k bark also gives the Kentucky coffee-tree a still 

 more striking character, f i-om the contrast it makes with the 

 light and elegant foliage. 



Of light-green, sunny foliage also is the Kceh'euteria — a 

 summer tree in every sense ! To a round-headed fine con- 



