TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 



DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



EUONYMUS ■ Burning Bush 



Alatus. Cork-barked, or Winged. Bushes or small 

 trees noted for their brilliant red fruits similar to the seeds 

 of Bittersweet. For early autumn color this is unexcelled, 

 and is much in dernand by landscape planters who know 

 its value. It will grow lo feet high. In winter, the cork- 

 ridged twigs are exceedingly ornamental. 



EXOCHORDA • Pearl Bush 



Grandiflora. The most showy white shrub of its sea- 

 son, early May. It has racemes of large, white flowers 

 similar to those of the Mock Orange, or Philadelphus. 

 An irregular shrub 12 feet high which had better be put 

 behind others. 



FORSYTHIA • Golden Bell 



Fortunei. The Golden Bell is one of the most valuable 

 introductions from China and Japan. Its flowers are the 

 first conspicuous ones to bloom in the spring, with the 

 possible exception of the Star MagnoUa. From the middle 

 of April the branches are hung with innumerable golden 

 bells. Twigs may be broken off any time in the winter and 

 put in water in the window, and they will bloom in ten 

 days. It forms a vigorous, arching shrub, 8 to 10 feet 

 high. Many of cur plants have been cut to the ground to 

 make them more bushy, and have sent up shoots 8 feet 

 long in one year. It thrives in the open, and will do espe- 

 cially well in the shade. Very often where roads go through 

 the woodland, it is very difficult to select plants that will 

 thrive and harmonize. 



Suspensa. This is almost identical with the former, 

 except that the branches hang down, and sometimes, when 

 the plant is old, it has a fountain-like appearance from the 

 slender, vertical twigs hanging down 6 or 8 feet. This 

 quality fits it for edging groups of shrubs, because it brings 

 the foliage solidly to the ground, and no feature is more 

 disagreeable in the shrub-plantation than to look through 

 the shadows to the bare ground. 



This Forsythia is excellent for covering steep banks 

 and hillsides. It will do it more cheaply than grass and, 

 if planted in a broad area, will make a feature to attract 

 annual pilgrimages. 



Viridissima. A broad, upright shrub with leaves of 

 the size, texture, and color of the California Privet. We 

 have seen the buds and twigs winter-kill once or twice in 

 severe winters, which is never the case with the other 

 Golden Bells. 



FRINGE 



White. Chionanthus Virginica. The large leaves dis- 

 tinguish this from all other shrubs, being 3 inches broad, 

 and 8 inches long. It makes a large shrub, or small tree, 

 15 ffeet high. The white "fringe" looks like delicate white 

 lace hung all through the branches. It blooms in June. 

 It can be used as a single specimen, especially in a grove of 

 Magnolias, because its foliage and habit are similar. It is 

 also a good shrub to rise out of the taller portion of a 

 shrub plantation. It is native in damp ground from New 

 Jersey southward. 



Purple. Rhus Cotinus. This is related to the Sumach, 

 but instead of panicles of red berries, has fluffy purple 

 down looking like a puff of smoke. This makes an irregular 

 shrub 10 feet high, conspicuous among all others from June 

 to September. 



HAZELNUT • Filbert; Corylus 



American. C. Americana. Thousands of acres are 

 covered with this bush, bearing delicious nuts. The chip- 

 munks and mice get most of them, for they ripen in early 

 September before most of us think of autumn nut-gather- 



Golden Bell, or Forsythia Fortunei. The most showy 

 low-priced shrub for early spring. It is always cheerful- 

 looking. 



HAZELNUT, continued 



ing. Its value in the landscape is as a native plant under 

 Oaks, Pines, Hickory and other trees. We often notice 

 a sturdy growth of such trees rising out of a thicket of 

 Hazelnut, Bayberry and Catbrier, whereas the same 

 trees planted on a closely shaven lawn are starved. One 

 of our ambitions is to popularize this type of cover- 

 planting, believing that it will result ultimately in more 

 beautiful and more economically maintained country 

 places. A cheap way to establish a plantation of Hazel- 

 nuts would be to take our one-year seedlings and plant 

 them in permanent locations, or in garden beds, 10 inches 

 apart. 



HERCULES' CLUB Angelica Tree 



Aratia spinosa 



In a shrub plantation this great shrub will be the 

 quickest growing and most showy of all. Ailanthus-like 

 stems shoot up, with leaves 2 to 4 feet long. These leaves 

 are finely divided, giving the plant a luxuriant, tropical 

 appearance. On top is a panicle of white flowers i }4 feet 

 wide, followed by black berries. It grows 10 to 15 feet 

 high. The stems are thickly clothed with very sharp 

 spines. 



UPRIGHT HONEYSUCKLE 

 Lonicera 



Tartarian. L. Tatarica. The Bush Honeysuckles are 

 big, sturdy, upright bushes, and make a good appearance 

 the year round. They will grow 8 to 10 feet high and 

 equally broad. The Tartarian is the most common, 

 having showy pink flowers in May, followed by trans- 

 lucent red berries in July. They look as tempting as 

 currants, but have a bitter taste. One beautiful feature is 

 their early green foliage, which vies with that of the Larch 

 and Japanese Poplar, being two weeks ahead of other 

 foliage. For this reason it is best to transplant them in the 

 fall or before the middle of April. 



Lonicera Morrowi. This is much like the former, 

 but spreads more widely. Very useful at the base of 

 groups as it grows thickly close to the ground. Flowers 

 are yellow and white, in June. 



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