Native Shrubs for the Home Garden 
own. It is commonly found in moist, rocky 
woodlands and thickets and blossoms m early 
May. It is commonly known as wild honey¬ 
suckle, or Pinxter flower. 
Less familiar than any of the foregoing 
shrubs is the burning bush. Its minutely 
toothed leaves are about the color of those of 
the holly but have a waxy finish; they are 
from two to five inches in length; in autumn 
they turn to pale yellow. The flowers, which 
appear in |une, have a four-parted appear¬ 
ance; the rounded petals are a deep-red 
purple. The fruit, which ripens in October, 
is also four-parted, and hangs on long, slen¬ 
der stems; it is half an inch broad, light ma¬ 
genta-purple in color and imparts to the shrub 
a very ornamental appearance in autumn. 
One species of burning hush bears fruit 
somewhat flattened and angular; its color 
is a soft, unvarnished crimson with a singu¬ 
lar orange-red berry popping out of the pod. 
Did you ever realize how beautifully the 
red-bud, or Judas tree, thrives under cultiva¬ 
tion r You have seen and admired it for many 
years on some wooded hillside, and watched, 
with pleasant anticipation, its crimson-pink, 
pea-shaped blossoms appear in late March, or 
early May—before the leaves are out; but have 
you ever thought of transplanting a young tree 
or raising one from seed in your own back 
yard Occasionally we see specimens in culti¬ 
vation; but it is not nearly so frequently seen 
as it deserves to be for so attractive a shrub. 
Its leaves are four inches long, dark green, 
smooth and glossy, and perfectly heart-shaped; 
they turn a beautiful yellow in autumn. 
rich red in autumn. 'I'he 
hunches of ovoid, bright red 
berries follow in early autumn, 
when, with the changing foli¬ 
age, they produce a very deco¬ 
rative effect upon the tree. 
The 
name, Judas tree, is handed down by tradition; 
in the olden times it was believed to be the tree 
upon which Judas hanged himself . 
The flowering dogwood is another well-known 
woodland favorite, admired by everyone for 
Its bold, showy and decorative flowers. But 
is it appreciated as a shrub for the adornment of 
the home grounds r Hardly, and yet where will 
you find any cultivated shrub that can compare 
with it ? This flowering shrub, or tree, is so 
well known that it requires no description for 
identification. It may be inter¬ 
esting to the novice to learn 
that, what appear to be the 
white flowers of this tree are 
really not the true flowers at 
all but merely hite bracts 
(leaflets) set around the true 
flowers in the center which are 
small and greenish yellow in 
color. The leaves are beau¬ 
tifully veined and turn to a 
THE PUSSY WILLOW 
THE WHITE HAW OR SCARLET- 
FRUITED THORN 
BLOSSOMS AND FRUIT 
Among the members of the hawthorn family we 
have a wide circle of relatives to select from for beau¬ 
tifying the garden or lawn. The white ha»v, or scar- 
let-fruited thorn, is perhaps the most widely known. 
It is found in wooded meadows or in fence rows in 
mountain pastures. The fruit is like a miniature 
crab-apple, is dull orange-red, and ripens in Sep¬ 
tember. The flowers grow in clusters similar to 
the English hawthorn. They are white and often 
pink-tinted. The leaf is a dark, glossy green, very 
ornamental in shape. It is a shrub well w-orthy 
of cultivation; not only are its blossoms attrac¬ 
tive hut its fruit is extremely 
so in early September. Many 
of these native shrubs possess 
every quality desirable for 
garden and park planting. 
They are all hardy, many are 
very easily transplanted or 
grown from slips, while all 
possess brilliant and decora¬ 
tive blossoms or beautiful 
buds, bark or berries. 
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