ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 



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FLOWERS OF THE WHITE-FEOAVERING DOGWOOD. 



(NATURAL SIZE). 



C ERCID1PH YXilAJM. 



C* Japonicum. We are indebted to Prof. C. S. Sargent for the following de- 

 scription : Lately introduced from the mountainous regions of Northern Japan, where 

 it becomes a large tree 80 to 100 feet high, with a trunk 6 to 10 feet in diameter. The 

 foliage is small, compact and very graceful ; the flowers and fruit small and inconspicu- 

 ous. Young plants have stood out perfectly uninjured during the last two or three 

 years at Boston, and there is little doubt but that this magnificent tree will be perfectly 

 hardy in all the Northern States. It is related to our Magnolias and Tulip tree ; to the 

 wood of which Cercidiphyllum seems very similar. $1.50. 



CERCIS. Judas' Tree, or Red Bud. Judas Baum, Ger. Gainier, Fr. 



C. Canadensis. American Judas Teee. A very ornamental native tree, of 

 medium size, with perfect heart-shaped leaves of a pure green color, and glossy surface 

 above, and grayish green beneath. The tree derives the name Red Bud from the 

 profusion of delicate pink flowers with which it is covered before the foliage ap- 

 pears. Flowering at the same time with the Chinese Magnolias, it may be planted 

 among them in groups with fine effect. Grown as single specimens they are also 

 beautiful and attractive, and deserve to be classed among our finest ornamental trees. 

 See cut. 



Chionaxthe, Fr. 



C. Virgillica. A small native tree or shrub, with large glossy leaves and 

 drooping racemes of pure white flowers, having narrow fringe like petals ; blossoms in 

 May or June. A superb lawn tree. 



