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fall. They belong to the Rosaceae family, and are no. 

 mean representatives of it. 



The Black Haw — Viburnum lentago belongs to the 

 Honeysuckle family, and is a large, handsome shrub. 

 It bears some resemblance to the Snowball. It blooms, 

 in May and June, flowers white in large flat compound 

 cymes. It will grow in any soil, but prefers rich loam. 



The Staflf-tree, American Bludder Nut — Staphylea 

 trifolia, is one of my little favorites. It grows in 

 thickets, usually on moist hill sides, eight or ten feet 

 high, slender, with greenish striped branches, trifoliate 

 leaves, pendent racemes, of greenish-white flowers^ 

 pods membraneous, inflated thiee lobed, about an inch 

 long and three-fourths of an inch in diameter. It 

 should be set in a shady nook, and allowed to grow in 

 a clump. 



The Red-osier — Cornus stolonifera, is found in 

 boggy places, but will grow in any moist soil. The 

 branches and long, slender annual shoots are bright 

 red-purple, very handsome. It multiplies freely by 

 subterranean suckers, and forms broad clumps six to 

 ten feet high. It bears white flowers in June, and 

 white to lead-colored fruit in the fall. 



The Cornus alternifoUa — Alternate Leaved cornel,, 

 is a little taller shrub, found on hill sides in copses,, 

 with slender, greenish branches, broad cymes of hand- 

 some white flowers, and pretty foliage, the whole pre- 

 senting a graceful appearance. 



The Amorpha fruticosa — False Indigo, grows in 

 moist places on the banks of streams, is common 

 around here, and should be introduced in our grounds. 

 It belongs to the Leguminosae family, has pinnate 

 leaves, and clustered, terminal spikes of violet purple 

 flowers. As found in this vicinity, it is usually six or 

 eight feet high, but it is sometimes much taller. 



