OF FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES , 6v. 
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TREES, SHRUBS, ETC., FOR ORNAMENT. 
A detailed description of desirable trees and shrubs would be little less than a recapitulation of list 
-contained in our catalogue of Ornamentals, to which readers are referred. A grouping together, accord- 
ing to the times of flowering, or size of growth will, however, be found useful. We would suggest the 
following as among the most desirable. 
Flowering Shrubs— Altheas, blue, purple, red, white, pink and variegated. Almond, pink and white 
Calycanthus or sweet-scented Shrub. Currants, crimson and yellow flowering. Daphne, pink and rose 
Deutzia, white and rose. Kerria Japonica (Globe Flower), yellow. Hydrangea, pink and white. Plum, 
double flowering, pink. Japan Quince, red and white. Spireas, white and rose. Syringa, white. Snow- 
ball, white. Viburnum Plicatum, white. Wiegelia, rose and white. 
Flowering Trees— Magnolias, white and purple. Judas Tree, pink. Peach, pink and white. Labur- 
num, yellow and purple. Fringe Tree, white and purple. Hon ysuckle Tartarian, red and white. Straw- 
berry Tree, red and white. Horse Chestnut, red and white. Cherry, white. Catalpa, white and purple. 
Thorns, pink, scarlet, red and white. Corn ;s Florida, white. 
Cut Leaved Tress— Imperial Cut-Leaved Alder, Fern-Leaved Beech, Cut-leaved Birch, Wier’s 
Cut-Leaved Maple. 
Purple-Leaved Trees and Shrubs— Purple-Leaved Beech, Purple-Leaved Berberry', Purple- 
Leaved Birch, Purple- Leaved Elm, Purple- Leaved Filbert, Purple- Leaved Maple, Purple-Leaved Oak, 
Purple or Blood-Leaved Peach. 
Deciduous Upright Trees — Sugar, Norway, and Sycamore Maples. European and Oak-Leaved. 
Mi. Ash, Pyramidalis Birch, American Chestnut, Salsiburia, Elm, European and White-Leaved Lindens. 
Variegated Leaved Trees and Shrubs— Variegated-Leaved Alder, Variegated- Leaved Deutzia 
Variegated-Leaved Cornus, Variegated-Honeysuckle, Variegated-Leaved Weigela. 
Weeping Trees— Willow, Kilmarnock, Birch, Cut-Leaved Weeping, and Elegans Pendula, and 
Young’s Weeping, European Ash and Mt. Ash, Linden, Dwarf Weeping Cherry, Poplar, Camperdown 
Erm. New Weeping Cornus. 
Evergreens — Among the Shrubs are Mahonia Aquifolia, yellow blossoms; Rhododendrons, rose, pur- 
ple and white color ; Tree Box, often used for shearing into fantastic shapes ; Dwarf Arbor Vitas ; Dwarf 
or Mountain Pine ; hardy and fine colored. 
The Norway Spruce and American Arbor Vitae are the best known of Evergreens. Either as single 
trees or in hedges they are indispensable. The Black and White Spruce vary in shade of color ^as their 
names indicate. The White Pine, light and graceful in its foliage ; the Scotch, angular, spreading, irreg- 
ular, but finely colored ; and the Austrian, erect, regular in growth, and bearing upright cones ; are well- 
known and desirable. The Balsam Fir is handsome, but loses its foliage— a fatal defect in an Evergreen. 
The Siberian and Hovey’s Arbor Vitae are improvements on the common American ; the first for its 
strong, thick-leaved foliage, and the other for its fine color and regular form. The Golden Arbor Vitae 
may also be added. The Irish and Swedish Junipers are compact cones of foliage (the latter light in 
color), and contrast finely with the round topped trees. 
HEDGES. 
The idea of planting hedges for use i. d ornament, ar.d screens for the protection of orchards, farms 
and gardens, is a practical one, and rapidly becoming appreciated. In a recent trip among some very 
intelligent farmers and fruit growers, we noticed that many of them had planted belts of Norway Spruce 
trees along their entire north and west lines. They were at once beautiful and perfect as wind-breaks. 
The owners told us that they considered their farms worth ten dollars per acre more in consequence. 
They serve not only as protection against the fierce winds, but there is much less trouble from the 
blowing off of the fruit. Some writers tell us that the temperature is warmer in the vicinity of Ever- 
greens. However this may'' be, we know that our gardens are earlier, and that our fruits ripen better 
when protected by such screens. Nothing can be more beautiful than ornamental hedges of Evergreens 
or shrubs well kept and pruned to serve as boundary lines between neighbors, or as divisions between 
the lawn and garden, or to hide unsightly places. By using medium sized plants, a hedge can be made 
■as cheaply as a good board fence can be built, and then, with a little care it is becoming every year more 
and more “a thing of beauty.” We all know that such hedges continues a principal attraction in our 
best kept places. 
In the present and constantly increasing scarcity of timber for fences, we must have some plant of 
universal adoption for hedges. We believe that Honey Locust combines all the required qualities. It is 
perfectly hardy, of strong growth, and will grow in almost any soil. It also readily submits to the neces- 
sary pruning, so that it can easily be made to assume any desired shape, and being covered with long, hard 
