FEB. 12 
THE BUBAL UEW-YOBKER. 
foliage usually remains green nearly all Win¬ 
ter, which makes it very desirable for orna¬ 
menting the pillars, and hanging beneath the 
roof of a veranda. 
grow wild throughout our country, which 
may be transplanted to a lawn and be greatly 
improved there with proper cultivation. The 
farmer will do well to mark these as they 
blossom and, if then desirable, he can trans¬ 
plant them in the following Autumn or Spring. 
needs no artificial training. It is, all things 
considered, the best vine for ornamenting 
houses in city or country, for it makes every¬ 
thing to which it clings picturesque. The na¬ 
tive variety clings to all structures, while an 
imported variety needs much training and is 
quite inferior otherwise. [We presume Pres. 
Gale refers 1o Veitch’s Ampelopsis.— Eds.] 
We can, if we will, find special attractions 
in the Trumpet Creeper, hitter-sweet, or 
Stall-Tree, Greenbrier and Clirnling Rose. 
To some more favored it may seem that 
we have a meager list; but still nature 
has given us enough for a good foundation, 
and when we have used these to the best effect 
we shall find in our native and hardy annuals 
a charming addition to our picture. To the 
pioneer planter, then, I would say—always se¬ 
lect for your beginnings those trees and shrubs 
which nature has placed at your disposal. 
Manhattan, Kausas. 
SOME THEES AND SHRUBS 
For Shelter, Shade and Ornament in Central 
lllinoiii. 
B. F. JOHNSON, 
I bather like that plan of the Rural 
which devotes the main portions of a single 
issue to special snl jeets. Notified beforehand 
that these issues are to appear, the reader gives 
his mind to the subject, thinks, reads and ob¬ 
serves in that line, and is prepared for some¬ 
thing new or old facts represented in a new 
light. If he anticipates too much, he will be 
apt to be disappointed, but generally the sum 
of instruction received, and the gratification 
resulting, will put the measure of disappoint¬ 
ment out of sight. 
In recommending what I consider the best 
trees for planting in Illinois (and what is true 
of this section is equally true for the entire 
prairie section between, say 39© or 42© north, 
and from Ohio in the east to the Missouii 
River io the west and south), I shall confine 
myself to rather narrow limits and advise the 
planting of no tree which is not, in the first 
place, perfectly hardy and which has not one 
or more striking merits in its favor. Further, 
I shall leave the evergreens or the conifers 
(with the exception, perhaps, of one or two of 
the deciduous sorts) ont of the account, be¬ 
cause my experience with them has not been 
Leaves ok the Gingko Tree, (Sallsburta adlantl- 
folla}.—F ig. tg. 
JuLV-Syringa audthe Japan Hydrangea pro¬ 
duce white blossoms, the latter bearing a pro¬ 
fusion of magnificent long trusses, very dif¬ 
ferent from those of the small, common blue 
hydrangea. The Trumpet Creepers are bright 
orauge, streaked with scarlet. They may be 
grown as shrubs or climbers. Of them the Teco- 
ma radicaos bears the greatest profusion of 
gorgeous blossoms I know The petals are 
from three to four inches long, and of the 
same diameter at the top of the cup. One of 
ttese on my lawn, about five feet high with 
six feet spread of branches, showed for days 
in the Might of its season, from 350 to over 400 
iraiauio evince jur me production or sugar 
in these latitudes. The Sugar Maple is to be 
seeu in its best form as a tree for shade, shel¬ 
ter and ornament in Jacksonville, III., and 
other early-settled towns. Nevertheless it is 
met with in almost etery town and village in 
the State. 
Of all the trees on my list, I know of none 
more worthy of being extensively planted than 
the Blue Ash. Indeed, if we leave the Black 
Waluut. the Burr Oak aud tbe best of the 
hickories out of the account, the Blue Ash is the 
finest timber tree that grows on Western soil. 
Where the soil and the situation suit, it at¬ 
tains magnificent proportions and furnishes 
timber which has nearly every excellence—size, 
length, toughness, elasticity, harduess, weight, 
extraordinary strength, and durability almost 
without limit No other handspike cut from 
timber saplings has the strength of the Blue 
Ash and no limber for axlf-trees and other 
wagon and carriage work is superior to it. 
Besides, it is not uncommonly found growing 
in low lands and moist bottoms, where the 
young saplings develop a mass of fibrous roots 
near the surface, which make the transplant¬ 
ing easy and the after-growth sure. Noyoung 
tree develops a sturdier or moreshapely trunk, 
or forms a more regular head or throws out 
more vigorous limbs, and where some age has 
been attained, no tree has a more striking and 
picturesque habit It bears seed keys in great 
abundance when 10 or 15 rears old, which re¬ 
quire to be planted immediately after maturity 
iu September or October! in order to insure 
germination the succeeding Spring. I have 
given more space than l otherwise should to 
the Blue Ash, because, beyond its narrow native 
habitat, its many excellencies are so little 
known and understood. 
Ths Black Waluut has such a splendid repu¬ 
tation, and its merits are so well known it re¬ 
quires but few words at my hands. It is 
transplanted not without difficulty. Bsyondits 
c’aims as the most valuable of our timbers for 
elegant and costly purposes, wlmn used as a 
feuce post it outlasts eveiything but Red Ce¬ 
dar. Rebuilding a fence two years ago, which 
had been set through a low and moist prairie 
24 years before. I found the walnut posts sound 
enough to be reset for a temporary fence; but 
the Burr and White Oaks were gone to the last 
one. In planting out the walnut, it should be 
placed where it will not be interfered with by 
the tramping of cattle, or where the soil will 
not be disturbed over its roots to any consider¬ 
able extent, because it is impatient of such in¬ 
terference and has its growth thereby retarded, 
and if there is much of it, the tree will at 20 or 
30 years die. 
THE FARMER’S LAWN 
A. B. ALLEN, 
If it were more generally known among 
farmers how cheaply a handsome lawn could 
be made and planted with beautiful trees and 
shrubs, aud how easily it could be kept up 
after its formation. I am confident that few 
in our laud would be found without this 
charming appendage in front of their houses. 
What is more cheering and lovely, as one rises 
in the morning and looks out of his chamber 
window, than to behold a choice variety 
of trees and shrubs scattered here and there 
over a moderate-sized grass plot, loaded with 
bright, sparkling flowers! What a pleasure 
also to all who pass by during the day to look 
upou it! However plain and humble a house 
may be, it never appears so when viewed 
frouted by a well planted lawn ; and if I were 
obliged to choose between this and a much 
fluer and more commodious house standing 
up staring and naked, without either trees or 
shrubs in its surroundings, 1 should infinitely 
prefer the former to the latter. 
One may form quite a pretty lawn from a 
quarter of an acre of land; hut a half or 
whole acre is still better, as a greater variety of 
fine trees can then be mingled with the shrubs. 
I will now give a list of a few of the decidu¬ 
ous shrubs which I have found can be as 
easily planted and cared for as a blackberry or 
a currant bush. These are entirely hardy in 
the latitude of 40 to 41 degrees north; and 
most of them will endure the still longer aud 
colder Winter two or three degrees higher, 
and, of course, flourish at y where in a more 
southern latitude. For the benefit of any to 
whom these shrubs are unknown, I will 
name them in the order of their blooming, 
and the whole or a part may be planted ac¬ 
cording to the rneaus or inclination of the 
farmer. Blossoming in 
April and May, the forsythia comes first, 
usually about the 20th of April, with a rich 
yellow color. Then follow rapidly azaleas, 
Pyrus Japouica (Japan Quince), deutzia, 
weigela, hawthorn, snow-ball, flowering- 
currant aud the spiraia. These vary in color 
from pure white or yellow, to pink and sear- 
let, while some show a mixture of all. Lilacs 
In addition to the common color, are also 
now found of a pure white. Wistarias are 
also of two colors, the one a pale purple ; the 
other a pure white. They can be grown as 
climbers or as shrubs. A few of the above 
hold their blossoms into Juue, and occasionally, 
somewhat scattered, even into July. 
Common White-Flowering Horse-chestnut, 
flowers, completely covering the shrub. One 
may judge ®f the magnificent beauty aud 
splendor of such a display! It continues 
blooming from the forepart of July to the 
middle of August, or for nearly six weeks, 
and a few flowers again appear in September. 
August. —The alibiei* open their blossoms 
early this month, the different sorts varying 
in color from while to pfuk and purple, aud 
of these. They eontiuue 
One-fourth natural size.—Fig. 77. 
satisfactory, and because they are not indigen¬ 
ous to the countiy. Further, I shall advise 
the planting of uo tree which I have not ob¬ 
served to possess a strong constitution and 
great vitality, which will enable it to with¬ 
stand the chauges and intensities both of 
heat and cold of the climate, and, moreover, 
every tree mentioned must have great powers 
of recovery from mutilation and accident. 
Last, but not least, all must submit as saplioes 
to being transplanted from the forest, or as 
seedlings from the nursery. 
For the hard-wood trees I set them down in 
the following order, ranking Ihem in merit as 
they staud; 
The Sugar Maple (Acer saceharinum) ; the 
Blue Ash (Fraxintis quadraugulatu). first of 
all, and then the ashes in variety ; the Black 
Walnut, aud the Butternut (Juglans nigra aud 
ciueria); the Hom y Locust (Glociitschia tria- 
eantbos); the Osage Orange (Maclltra aurar.- 
tiaca ; the Black Chen y (Primus serotina). To 
which might be added two which seldom grow 
to large proportions, yet are larger than 
shrubs—the R d Bad (Careis Canadensis); and 
the native cral -Apple (Pyrus eoronaria). 
For the soft woods my list would include the 
the Lime or Basswood (Tilia Americana) ; the 
Cotton-wood (Fopulus momlifera); the Yellow 
Poplar (Liiiodendrou Tulipifera); the Black 
Willow (Sulix nigra). To whieh I might add, 
under certain circumstances, the Pawpaw (Asi- 
mina triloba); the Persimmon (Diospyros Vir- 
giniunu), and that evergreen conifer the Red 
Cedar (Juniperus Virginiaua), aud the two de¬ 
ciduous ones, the Bald or Swamp Cypress 
(Taxodium distichum), and the European 
Larch (Larix Furopsea). With the exception 
a slight mixture 
blooming occasionally into October. 
September —Now the hawthorn and the 
Euonymas atropurpuroa, or Burning Bush, 
commeuce showiug their scarlet berries, 
the head of the latter shrub, or small tree, 
forming a glowing mass of bright red, equiva¬ 
lent to so many (lowers, for whieh at a short 
distance from the eye, each berry may be 
taken. The callicarpa is covered with bright 
purple, aud the Virginia Creeper with dai k- 
blue berries. Alt these continue id to Decem¬ 
ber, and if the Winter happcLslo be mild, dur¬ 
ing nearly the whole of that season, in addi- 
tiou to its berries, the foliage of t.he Virginia 
Creeper begius to assume a bright scarlet iu 
September, and continues it late into October, 
thus making it equivalent to thousands of 
flowers. It is a beautiful climber for the pil¬ 
lars aud along the edge of the roof of a veranda, 
hanging down in thick, graceful festoons, as 
low as may be desired. Another quality 
which greatly eudears it to me is, that its ber¬ 
ries are attractive to the lovely blue birds, 
coming daily in flocks to feed on them, and 
repaying me with a sweet, plaintive song. 
The birds are then so tame I can almost lay 
my hand on them. 
There are many deciduous shrubs which 
