. Popular deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, for planting in parks, gardens, cemeteries, etc., Evergreens; Trees; Shrubs. Hi LAWN AND SHADE TEEES. canus is known in various places under the different names of strawberry tree, spindle tree, burning bush, etc., etc., and although common is a much prized and very ornamental shrub tree. The varieties are all good and desirable, as decorative plants especially, when they can be used in connection with low- growing evergreens, that assist in bringing more prominently forward their bright rose-colored, crimson, or white fruit, which ge;x
. Popular deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, for planting in parks, gardens, cemeteries, etc., Evergreens; Trees; Shrubs. Hi LAWN AND SHADE TEEES. canus is known in various places under the different names of strawberry tree, spindle tree, burning bush, etc., etc., and although common is a much prized and very ornamental shrub tree. The varieties are all good and desirable, as decorative plants especially, when they can be used in connection with low- growing evergreens, that assist in bringing more prominently forward their bright rose-colored, crimson, or white fruit, which ge;xerally hangs on all winter. The difference in the American or European varieties, so far as ornamental use is regarded, is. Fia. 60.—Sfib^a Pbunitolia Flore Pleno. mainly in the stronger growth of the European, it sometimes making a tree of fifteen to twenty feet high, while the American rarely grows over eight to twelve feet. The broad-leaved variety, latifolia, is the handsomest in its foliage, and should be used when only one plant is wanted. The Spanish Bkoom—Oytisus.—The Oytisua var. eapitatus, Jiirsutus, and others, are small slender-growing plants, more singular than handsome. They are not perfectly hardy, often. 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 Elliott, Franklin Reuben, 1817-1878. New York, G. E. Woodward
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