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SYMPLOCOS paniculata (Asiatic Sweetleaf) 

 (Sapphire Berry). Shapely with a spreading, much 

 branched head bearing in May and early June 

 creamy-white masses of star-like flowers at the end 

 of leafy shoots. In Autumn it is loaded with small 

 oval fruit of lovely, deep, sapphire-blue borne erect. 

 Attractive to birds. Foliage is never attacked by in- 

 sects. Fond of full exposures and thrives in shrubby 

 borders. Also useful when planted in the semi-shade 

 of the woodland. A beautiful and deserving plant 

 worthy of a place in every garden. 



SYRINGA japonica (Japanese Tree Lilac). 



Quite different than the conventional Lilac. It grows 

 40 feet in height and flowers after ordinary Lilacs. 

 In the North, blooms continue until July. The yel- 

 lowish white flowers are produced in panicles twelve 

 to fifteen inches in length. 



TAXODIUM distichum (Common Baldcy- 

 press). Of very narrow, pyramidal form, with soft 

 green, airy foliage. Bark is a cinnamon brown and 

 contrasts strikingly with the leaves. It is of rapid 

 growth and is equally at home in highland or in 

 swamps. This is the same Cypress which grows in the 

 swamps of Louisiana and the Everglades of Florida. 



TILIA • Linden 



^7he LINDENS are very desirable trees of fairly rapid growth and regular pyramidal 

 habit. They have handsome foliage and fragrant flowers in drooping clusters which appear 

 during the month of July. One of the most important of the summer flowering trees. 

 They are very hardy but do not thrive well in a dry location. It is said the famed honey 

 of Hybla was made from the blossoms of the European Linden. They are splendid for 

 avenue or specimen plantings. 



TILIA americana (American Linden). A rapid 

 growing native, developing a round, broad top. 

 Pretty little blossoms in July attract the bees and fill 

 the air with fragrance. 



T. tomentosa (Silver Linden). Tall, dense, 

 having upright branches. Foliage green above, silver 



beneath. Will stand heat and drought better than 

 others of the species. An excellent shade tree. 



T. vulgaris (Common Linden). Handsome, 

 rapid growing, symmetrical, and of pyramidal habit. 

 Flowers fragrant, foliage not as large as the American 

 Linden. 



Around the home, 

 trees act as a frame 

 for the lawn picture; 

 in another spot, they 

 provide a background. 

 As with the Lindens 

 shown here, trees 

 accent a garden view 

 or extend a sheltering 

 canopy above terraces 

 and walks. 



Ruth Dean, L.A., N.Y. 

 Richard Averill Smith 



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