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LAWN AND SHADE TREES. 
beautiful. It combines in planting harmoniously with the 
laburnum, snow-ball, thorn, and others, but its best position is 
just against or intermixed on the outskirts of a group of 
Austrian or Norway pines. There its profusion of bright 
pinkish red flowers, early in April and before the leaves have 
grown, borne all along on its branches, and often even on 
the main stem, are brought out so finely against the green of 
the pines, that it becomes one of the most pleasing and 
prominent of ornamental trees. There are two species in culti- 
vation, the American, C. Canadensis , and the European, <7. 
Fig. 68.— Stuartia. 
siliquastrum. The European blooms rather more freely than 
the American, and of a shade deeper in color. Any well-drained 
soil suits it. 
The Snow Berry — Symplioricarjpus. — The snow berry or St. 
Peter’s wort is a common well-known old shrub, considered 
troublesome, when planted by itself or near borders, on account 
of its numerous suckers. It is a good shrub to use in rock-work, 
