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DECIDUOUS TREES. 
The Flowery Amelanchier. A.florida .—An upright shrub 
or tree from ten to twenty feet in height. Flowers white, larger 
and later than the preceding. May. 
THE TAMARISK. Tamarix. 
These are straggling, upright, sub-evergreen shrubs, resembling 
asparagus plants in foliage, and grow in stools; that is to say, they 
send up many sprouts from the intersection of the trunk, and root. 
The French tamarisk, T. gallica , the German, T. germanica, and 
the African, T. africana, are all growing well in the New York 
Central Park, though killed back occasionally in part. Loudon 
speaks of them as well adapted to thrive under sea-breezes, and 
that they require to be planted in close proximity to water, and in 
a deep free soil. The exceeding delicacy of their foliage attracts 
attention among larger-leaved shrubs, but they are of too careless 
and unsymmetrical growth to be used except to break the monot¬ 
ony of commoner forms. The flowers are in large loose spikes, of 
a delicate pink color, and, though small separately, are showy; and 
the bloom continues most of the season. Height and breadth ten 
to twenty feet. In the Central Park the French variety makes the 
best appearance. We have seen a few fine specimens growing in 
tree form in city yards, and their great singularity of foliage renders 
them very attractive when they can be grown in this way. 
THE WYCH HAZEL. Hamamelis. 
This tree is rarely seen in cultivated grounds. It has some¬ 
thing of the style of foliage of a beech, though the leaves are quite 
different in form, being obovate, larger, and broader, with wavy 
edges and darker color. The tree has the curious trait of blossom¬ 
ing profusely just before the falling of its leaves, and the flowers 
continue on the tree through the winter. They are of a rich yellow 
color, and very showy in the mass. We have not seen the Wych 
hazel developed in open ground^ but from specimens growing by 
