. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . Fig. 56.—Scotch Laburnum. Fig. 57.—Judas Tree or Red-bud. canadensis.) (Fig. 57.) A small tree which can hardly be called a shrub,but which if pinched or pruned back as it should be to give it denseness ofform and beauty of appearance, will be rendered very suitable for occupy-ing the exterior portions of large shrubberies. Its beautiful purplish-pinkblossoms appear in great profusion early in spring before the leaves, andrender it one of the finest ornaments of early spring. It is easily propa-gated fr


. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . Fig. 56.—Scotch Laburnum. Fig. 57.—Judas Tree or Red-bud. canadensis.) (Fig. 57.) A small tree which can hardly be called a shrub,but which if pinched or pruned back as it should be to give it denseness ofform and beauty of appearance, will be rendered very suitable for occupy-ing the exterior portions of large shrubberies. Its beautiful purplish-pinkblossoms appear in great profusion early in spring before the leaves, andrender it one of the finest ornaments of early spring. It is easily propa-gated from seed. Service-berry or Shad-bush, {AmelaricMor botryapium.) A smalltree frequently growing wild, and presenting a very ornamental appear-ance in spring, from its masses of white flowers which appear quite earlyor before the leaves expand—usually a few days before those of the appleand peach. It is well worthy a place in large shrubberies. Climbing Shrubs or Creepers. Virginia Creeper, {Ampelopsis quinquefoUa,) called also Five-fingerand American Ivy. The hardiness, rapidity of


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