. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. Fig. 161. — Green-and-white Bauhinia. Fig. IGO. — Purple-flowered Bauhinia. Carols. The Redbuds or JuiJAs Trees are beautiful flowering shrubs with large heart-shaped simple alternate leaves ; pea^shaped purple or red flowers in early spring close clustered along the old. branches and flat pea-like pods 2 to 5 inches long, in summer. American Redbud (150)—Cer- cis canadensis —• is a very ornamen- tal shrub or small tree, to 40 feet, with rosy-pink flowers J inch long and rather broad pods 2J to 3J inches long. Chinese Redbud
. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. Fig. 161. — Green-and-white Bauhinia. Fig. IGO. — Purple-flowered Bauhinia. Carols. The Redbuds or JuiJAs Trees are beautiful flowering shrubs with large heart-shaped simple alternate leaves ; pea^shaped purple or red flowers in early spring close clustered along the old. branches and flat pea-like pods 2 to 5 inches long, in summer. American Redbud (150)—Cer- cis canadensis —• is a very ornamen- tal shrub or small tree, to 40 feet, with rosy-pink flowers J inch long and rather broad pods 2J to 3J inches long. Chinese Redbud (157) — Cercis chin^nsis — has purplish flowers, longer and narrower pods, and grows, under good conditions, even taller than the above. California Redbud—Cercis- occident^lis—is never more tlian a shrub, to 15 feet, has rose-colored flowers, blunt-tipped leaves about 2 inches wide and pods only 2 to 2J inches Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908; Draycott, Ada (Apgar). New York, Cincinnati [etc] American Book Company
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