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Ornamental Fruits of August—By Alfred Rehder, *i. 
IS YOUR SHRUBBERY DEVOID OF FLOWERS NOW? 
THEN HAVE SOME OF THESE BERRIES. 
THEY WILL 
GIVE A MORE DIGNIFIED AND FITTING BEAUTY TO SUMMER HOMES THAN GAUDY BEDDING PLANTS 
Note—T his is the third of a series on “Ornamental Fruits for Every Month,” 
The Author has had a cosmopolitan experience, but writes these articles solely for American conditions, 
They were prepared at the best collection of trees and shrubs in America(the Arnold Arboretum) where Mr, Rehder studied while preparing most of the articles on trees and shrubs in 
the Cyclopedia of American Florticulture,” 
material from three points of vicw—those of the botanist, the cultivator, and the landscape designer. 
a attractive fruits 
of August are a 
very important group 
because they enliven the 
shrubbery at the time 
when there are very 
few flowers. Moreover, 
August is the great 
vacation month in 
America, and the Amer- 
ican summer homes 
could be made far more 
interesting by the use of 
these fruits. Since they 
are borne on hardy trees 
and shrubs they are 
more natural and fitting 
than the tender exotic 
bedding plants which 
give such a gaudy ex- 
hibition in parks, hotel 
grounds and other pub- 
lic places. The first 
cost of these trees and 
shrubs is greater, but 
they are more perma- 
nent and dignified and in better taste. 
They will increase in size and interest as 
the years go by, for they are continually 
changing and revealing new points of inter- 
est, while bedding plants are monotonous. 
The best thing you can do is to read this 
article now, mark the species that interest 
you most, try to see them this month and 
place your order now for what you want to 
plant this fall. Do n’t put it off, or you will 
forget it and lose a year or more.—EDITorR. 
One of the most characteristic berried 
shrubs of August is the sweet elder (Sambucus 
A conspicuous object of the country side is the 
staghorn sumach, which begins to show in August 
The bluish-black pendant berries of the sheep-berry (Viburnum Lentago) remain on the tree all winter 
Canadensis), which is commonly seen along 
roadsides and streams. In June it is covered 
with flat clusters of white flowers and by the 
middle of August it is weighted down by its 
wealth of purplish black berries in great 
nodding clusters. Of the European black 
elder, which is very similar, there are varieties 
with greenish and whitish berries. 
THE MAGNOLIAS 
The umbrella-tree (Magnolia tripetala) is 
beautiful in August with its cone-like crimson 
fruit surrounded at the base by the large 
. bright green leaves. 
The fruits of the swamp magnolia (/. 
glauca) are smaller and assume their red 
color somewhat later. In the Northern 
states this is a deciduous shrub, dropping 
its leaves in October. 
The Japanese Magnolia hypoleuca has the 
showiest fruit. This is a handsome large- 
leaved pyramidal tree which is hardy in 
sheltered situations as far north as Boston. 
The fruits are crimson and about six to 
eight inches long. 
The fruits of all magnolias are particularly 
beautiful in October when they open and 
disclose the large seeds of a brilliant scarlet 
color which are suspended for a while on 
slender threads before falling to the ground. 
THE EARLIEST HAWTHORNS 
An important genus as regards ornamental 
fruits is the hawthorn, of which there are 
numerous good kinds not in cultivation. 
They are either large shrubs or small trees, 
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Mr. Rehder has devoted his life to studying the hardy trees and shrubs of the world, He is one of those rare persons who understands his 
and most of them have 
red fruits. The earliest 
to ripen are Crategus 
Arnoldiana and C. sub- 
mollis, both native in 
New England. The 
large bright orange-red 
fruits begin to color in 
“August and drop soon 
after maturity in the 
beginning of September. 
THE VIBURNUMS 
The Japanese Vzbur- 
num tomentosum bears 
in August small scarlet 
berries in upright um- 
bels.  Whelibleraaites 
change to bluish black 
and drop in September. 
This shrub is also beau- 
tiful in June with its 
umbels of white flowers 
along the branches and 
has handsome foliage 
which turns to a deep 
blood red color in the fall. 
The wayfaring tree (Viburnum Lantana), 
exhibits in its fruits a similar change of color. 
These change from pale green to bright 
carmine and finally become black. It isa 
handsome shrub reaching a height of about 
fifteen feet and is well adapted for planting 
dry slopes and especially for chalky soil. It 
is one cf the earliest viburnums to bloom. 
The American wayfaring tree or hobble- 
bush (Viburnum alnijolium) grows less 
high but more spreading and its handsome 
fruits turn only from red to dark purple. 
Crategus Arnoldiana is the earliest of the thorns to 
ripen fruits. Native to New England 
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