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admiration, and in such positions it has been generally grown. 
As a hedge plant, in impenetrability it is second only to thorn 
or osage orange, while for beauty its blooms and foliage surpass 
all other plants. As a narrow low screen, it may be trained 
upright on wires, its side branches spurred in and made to 
present a perfect barrier, yet occupying only a very narrow" 
space in width. There are now a number of varieties, varying 
in the color of their flowers from a delicate blush white to a 
Fig. 57.— Red Bud. 
deep rich crimson, and one with flowers semi or nearly double ; 
and where only one plant is wanted, it is perhaps the best. 
The Red Bud — Cercis . — The Judas tree, or, as more commonly 
known, the red bud — cercis Canadensis — forms a low, round- 
headed tree of from eight to fifteen feet in height, with round 
heart-shaped leaves of a dark bluish green above and a light 
sea green underneath, that make it remarkable as well as 
