. The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent;. Landscape gardening; Trees; Suburban homes. [from old catalog]. 432 DECIDUOUS TREES. as the horse-chestnut, and holds its leaves and color late. In bloom and fruit it closely resembles the preceding varieties of the mountain ash, but in the color of its foliage, and the breaks of light and shadow on its surface, it is a much finer tree. Height and breadth from twenty to thirty feet. There is a weeping variety of this species, which we have not seen, but which is reputed to be interesting; also a large-leaved variety. The Dwarf-pr
. The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent;. Landscape gardening; Trees; Suburban homes. [from old catalog]. 432 DECIDUOUS TREES. as the horse-chestnut, and holds its leaves and color late. In bloom and fruit it closely resembles the preceding varieties of the mountain ash, but in the color of its foliage, and the breaks of light and shadow on its surface, it is a much finer tree. Height and breadth from twenty to thirty feet. There is a weeping variety of this species, which we have not seen, but which is reputed to be interesting; also a large-leaved variety. The Dwarf-profuse-flowering Mountain Ash, F. nana floribunda, is a variety of the oak-leaved mountain ash, but the leaves have returned to the primal form of the species, being com- pound, quite delicate, and acacia-like. It is grafted on other stocks from four to six feet high. The blossoms, in small and abundant white clusters, appear in May. In blossom, foliage, and bright-red fruit, it is equally pretty. There are many other varieties named in nursery catalogues, but the above are the most noteworthy. Fig. THE DOGWOOD. Cornus. The dogwood family are numerous, and vary widely from each other in their characteristics. They form low suckering shrubs and whip-plants on the borders of streams and in wet ground, and in other places low trees, most of which are indigenous from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The most common, and the most shoAvy in blossom, if not in leaf, is the following:. 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 Scott, Frank Jesup, 1828- [from old catalog]. New York, D. Appleton & co.
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