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admiration, and in such positions it lias been generally grown. 

 As a hedge plant, in impenetrability it is second only to thorn 

 or osage orange, while for beauty its blooms and foliage surpass 

 all other plants. As a narrow low screen, it may be trained 

 upright on wires, its side branches spurred in and made to 

 present a perfect barrier, yet occupying only a very narrow 

 space in width. There are now a number of varieties, varying 

 in the color of their flowers from a delicate blush white to a 



Fio. 57.— Bed Bud. 



deep rich crimson, and one with flowers semi or nearly double; 

 and where only one plant is wanted, it is perhaps the best. 



The Red Btto — Cerds. — The Judas tree, or, as more commonly 

 known, the red bud — cerds Canadensis — forms a low, round- 

 headed tree of from eight to fifteen feet in height, with round 

 heart-shaped leaves of a dark bluish green above and a light 

 sea green underneath, that make it remarkable as well as 



