. Lawns and gardens. How to plant and beautify the home lot, the pleasure ground and garden . and plums will do well in light and gravellysoil, and they are therefore especially useful where the soilis thin and poor. In sandy loam most species will thrivebetter than in almost any other soil, but moist and lowpositions are not suitable. Thorns and Hawthorns, Crataegus.âThese are amongthe most beautiful flowering trees, of neat and compacthabit, with finely cut leaves. The foliage turns into themost striking colors in autumn,âgold, crimson, and scarlettogether on the same tree. It is chiefly the
. Lawns and gardens. How to plant and beautify the home lot, the pleasure ground and garden . and plums will do well in light and gravellysoil, and they are therefore especially useful where the soilis thin and poor. In sandy loam most species will thrivebetter than in almost any other soil, but moist and lowpositions are not suitable. Thorns and Hawthorns, Crataegus.âThese are amongthe most beautiful flowering trees, of neat and compacthabit, with finely cut leaves. The foliage turns into themost striking colors in autumn,âgold, crimson, and scarlettogether on the same tree. It is chiefly the Americanthorns that assume these gorgeous autumn tints. The hawthorn ( Oxyacanthd) is a small tree branch-ing down to the ground, of a fine conical habit, with dense,dark-colored foliage. The leaves are rather small, obovate;slightly trifid, or pinnatifid. The flowers are numerous,white, sweet-scented, corymbose, on short lateral branchletsalong the main branches. The double white thorn is oneof the finest of lawn trees, and so are, also, the various red flowering ZTrees. & m. mm â mm or scarlet varieties with single or double flowers. Thehawthorns are occasionally grafted on tall stems for speci-men trees, but grown in their natural way they are perhapsstill more effective, with foliage and flowers down to the ground. The commontype is excellent as ahedge plantâin factit is the best plantknown for this pur-pose. All the varie-ties thrive best iu asandy loam. Scarlet thorn, âThis is oneof the finest of theAmerican thorns, withnumerous large, white,corymbose flowers inMay, and clusters ofcoral-red fruit in win-ter. It grows on highliver banks, in thick-ets, and on the out-skirts of rich woods, forming a rounded, bushy tree. Black thorn, C. tomentom.âOne of the most beautifulflowering trees of the Middle States, with large, downyor woolly leaves, oval or ovate in outline, with a deeplycut edge. The flowers are very large; in upright cor-ymbs, white, with red
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