Berry-Bearing Trees and Shrubs 



FTER the glorious colors of the autumn leaves have passed, nothing 



p\ more greatly enhances the beauty of home-surroundings than the 

 brightly colored berries carried by so many trees and shrubs. Such trees 

 and shrubs should be more extensively used on the small places as well as 

 large ones, where greater opportunity exists. 



Plants which possess an ornamental value in their fruiting stage may 

 have other traits of beauty as well — when in flower, the autumn tints of 

 their foliage and the conspicuous coloring of bark. While the majority 

 of berried plants are found among those known as shrubs, there are some trees 

 which come under this classification, notably, the Mountain Ash, with 

 its abundant heads of rich orangcred fruit, which make it very conspk' 

 uous from September to December. 



The largest family of berried shrubs is Crataegus, commonly known as 

 Hawthorn. Every member varies in size and habit, making every one worth 

 planting, both for flowers and fruit. The red'fruited Crataegus mollis is 

 well worth mention, being one of the most decorative species. The best 

 winter-fruited is the Washington Thorn (Crataegus cordata). Its berries 

 are not large, but they are borne abundantly and are of a coral-red color, 

 clinging to the branches until February. The English Hawthorn, Crataegus 

 Oxyacantha, while very effective in flower, its purplish red fruit is less 

 showy than many others. The Evergreen Thorn (Crataegus Pyracantha) has 

 deep shining green foliage, highly attractive and retained throughout the 

 year, but its beauty is greatly enhanced by the brilliant scarlet berries, 

 each as large as a pea and produced in cymes, which last well into the winter. 



While the Magnolias are principally planted for their flowers, some of 

 them are equally appreciated for their fruit. 



A few of the Euonymus family are noted for the autumn color of 

 their foliage, and are equally desirable for their fruiting effects, the best 

 of these being Euonymus alatus and Euonymus europaeus. 



Some of the Crabapples have ornamental fruit, notably Pyrus floribunda 

 and Pyrus baccata. For autumn and all winter effects, no shrub is more 

 valuable than Thunberg's Japanese Barberry (Berbehs Thunbergi,) with 

 brilliant crimson foliage in the fall and no less brilliant fruit, which persists 

 all the winter and after the new leaves appear in the spring. This is 

 practically the best of our hedge plants. 



Many of the Roses give an excellent effect, the largest fruit being borne 

 by Rosa rugosa. 



