. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use. Gardening. 300 MANUAL OF GARDENING Sumac, smooth and hairy, R. glabra * and R. typhina.* Useful for the borders of large groups and belts. They may be cut down everj year and allowed to sprout (as in Fig. 50). The young tops are handsomest. R. glabra is the finer species for this purpose. They usually grow 10-15 ft. tall. Osbeck's sumac, R. semialata var. Osbeckii. Strong bush, 10-20 ft., with leaf-rachis strongly winged, the foliage pinnately compound. Flower
. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use. Gardening. 300 MANUAL OF GARDENING Sumac, smooth and hairy, R. glabra * and R. typhina.* Useful for the borders of large groups and belts. They may be cut down everj year and allowed to sprout (as in Fig. 50). The young tops are handsomest. R. glabra is the finer species for this purpose. They usually grow 10-15 ft. tall. Osbeck's sumac, R. semialata var. Osbeckii. Strong bush, 10-20 ft., with leaf-rachis strongly winged, the foliage pinnately compound. Flowering, or fragrant currant, Ribes aureum.*% Well known and popular, for its sweet-scented yellow flowers in May; 5- 8 ft. Red-flowering currant, R. sangitineum.* Flowers red and attractive; 5—6 ft. R. Gordonianum, recommendable, is a hybrid between R. sangitineum and R. aureum. Rose acacia, Ro- binia hispida.*$ Very showy in bloom; 8-10 ft. Roses, Rosa, va- rious species. Hardy roses are not always desir- able for the lawn. For general lawn purposes the older sorts, single or semi-double, and which do not require high culture, are to be preferred. It is not intended to include here the common garden roses; see Chapter VIII for these. It is much to be desired that the wild roses receive more attention from planters. Attention has been too exclusively taken by the highly improved garden roses. Japanese rose, Rosa Most excellent for lawn planting, as the foliage is thick and not attacked by insects (Fig. 263); white and pink flowered forms; 4-6 ft. Wild swamp rose, R. Carolina* 5-8 Rosa 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, The Macmillan Company
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