. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 411. Cercis Canadensis (X/^). wood: calyx 5-toothed, red: petals nearly equal, the up- permost somewhat smaller : pod compressed, narrow- oblong, narrow-winged on the ventrical suture, many- seeded. Seven species in N. America, and from S. Europe to Japan. Very ornamental trees or shrubs, with hand- some, disti
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 411. Cercis Canadensis (X/^). wood: calyx 5-toothed, red: petals nearly equal, the up- permost somewhat smaller : pod compressed, narrow- oblong, narrow-winged on the ventrical suture, many- seeded. Seven species in N. America, and from S. Europe to Japan. Very ornamental trees or shrubs, with hand- some, distinct foliage and abundant showy fls. in spring, very effective by their deep pink color. They are well adaped for shrubberies or as single specimens on the lawn, and attain rarely more than 20 or 30 ft. in height, forming a broad, irregular head when older. Only G. Canadensis is hardy north, while none of the others can be grown successfully farther north than New York. They grow best in rich, sandy and somewhat moist loam, and should be transplanted when young,as olderplants can be hardly moved with success. Young plants, 4 or 5 years old, produce fls. freely and may be recom- mended for forcing, espe- cially C Chinensis, which is the most beautiful of all. Prop, by seeds, sown in spring, best with gentle bottom heat; sometimes increased by layers, or by greenwood cuttings from forced plants in early spring; O. Chinensis grows also from greenwood cut- tings in summer under glass. A, Ijvs. abruptly and sJiort acuminate^ usually slightly pubescent near the base beneath. Canadensis, Linn. Fig. 411. Tree, to 40 ft.: Ivs. roundish or broadly ovate, usually cordate, 3-5 in. long : fls. rosy pink, >^in. long, 4-8 in clusters: pod 2}4-3}^in. long. From New Jersey south, west to Mis- souri and Texas. S. S. 3: 133-34. A. F. 13: 1370. Gng. 6: 290. 9: very desirable ornamental tree for the northern states. There is also a variety with double fls. Chinensis, Bunge ((7. Japdni
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