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HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS .—Much of the beauty of the See also:pleasure See also:garden depends upon the proper selection and disposition of ornamental trees and shrubs. We can only afford space here for lists of some of the better and more useful and ornamental trees and shrubs, old and new. The following See also:list, which is not exhaustive, furnishes material from which a selection may be made to suit various soils and situations. The shrubs marked * are climbers. Hardy See also:Deciduous Trees. Acer—See also:Maple. Fraxinus—Ash. Aesculus—See also:Horse-See also:Chestnut. Ginkgo—See also:Maidenhair See also:Tree. Ailantus—Tree of See also:Heaven. Alnus—See also:Alder. Amygdalus—See also:Almond.

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Bet ula—See also:Birch. Carpinus—See also:Hornbeam. Carya—See also:Hickory. Castanea—Sweet Chestnut. See also:Catalpa. Celtis—See also:Nettle Tree. Cercis—Judas Tree. See also:Cotoneaster (some See also:species). Crataegus—See also:Thorn. Davidia. Diospyros. Fagus—See also:Beech.

Gleditschia—See also:

Honey See also:Locust. Gymnocladus—See also:Kentucky See also:Coffee Tree. Juglans—See also:Walnut. Kolreuteria. See also:Laburnum. Larix—See also:Larch. Liriodendron—See also:Tulip-tree. See also:Magnolia. Morus—Mulberry. Negundo—See also:Box-See also:Elder. Ostrya—See also:Hop Hornbeam. Paulownia.

Planera. Platanus—See also:

Plane. Populus—See also:Poplar. Prunus (Plums, Cherries, &c.). Ptelea—Hop Tree. Pyrus—See also:Pear, &c. Quercus—See also:Oak. Rhus—See also:Sumach. See also:Robinia—Locust Tree. Abies—See also:Silver See also:Fir. See also:Araucaria—Chili See also:Pine. Arbutus—See also:Strawberry Tree.

Biota—Arbor Vitae. Buxus—Box. Cedrus—See also:

Cedar. Cephalotaxus. See also:Cryptomeria—See also:Japan Cedar. Cupressus—See also:Cypress. Ilex—See also:Holly. Tuniperus—See also:Juniper. Laurus—See also:Bay See also:Laurel. Abelia. Acer—Maple. Amelanchier.

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Ampelopsis. * Amygdalopsis. Aralia. See also:Aristolochia. * Berberis—Berberry. Bignonia*—See also:Trumpet See also:Flower. Buddleia. Calophaca. Calycanthus—Carolina Allspice. Caragana. Chimonanthus. See also:Clematis.* Colutea—See also:Bladder See also:Senna.

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Cornus—See also:Dogwood. Cotoneaster (some species). Crataegus—Thorn. Cydonia—Japan See also:Quince. Cytisus—See also:Broom, &c. See also:Daphne. Deutzia. Edwardsia. See also:Euonymus europaeus—Spindle Tree. Forsythia. Fremontia. Akebia.

* Arbutus. See also:

Aucuba—Japan Laurel. See also:Azara. Bambusa —See also:Bamboo. Berberidopsis. * Berberis—Berberry. Buddleia. Bupleurum. Buxus—Box. See also:Ceanothus. Cerasus—See also:Cherry-Laurel, &c. Cistus–See also:Sun-See also:Rose.

Cotoneaster. Crataegus Pyracantha—See also:

Fire Thorn. Daphne. Desfontainea. Elaeagnus—Oleaster. Erica—See also:Heath. Escallonia. Euonymus. Fabiana. Fatsia (Aralia). Garrya. Salix—See also:Willow.

Sophora. Taxodium—Deciduous Cypress. Tilia—See also:

Lime. Ulmus—See also:Elm. Virgilia. Xanthoceras. Libocedrus. Magnolia grandiflora. Picea—Spruce Fir. Pinus—Pine. Quercus Ilex—Holm-Oak. Retinospora.

Sciadopitys—See also:

Umbrella Pine. See also:Sequoia (Wellingtonia). Taxus—See also:Yew. Thuiopsis. Thuya—Arbor Vitae. Tsuga. See also:Genista. Halesia—See also:Snowdrop Tree. Hamamelis—Wych See also:Hazel. Hibiscus—See also:Althaea frutex, &c. Hippophae—See also:Sea See also:Buckthorn. Hypericum—St See also:John's Wort.

Jasminum*—See also:

Jasmine. Kerria. Lonicera *—See also:Honeysuckle. Lycium. * Magnolia. M eni spermu m •—M oo nseed. Periploca. * Philadelphus—See also:Mock See also:Orange. Rhus—See also:Wig Tree, &c. Ribes—Flowering See also:Currant. Robinia—Rose See also:Acacia, &c. See also:Rosa—Rose.

Rubus*—Bramble. Spartium—See also:

Spanish Broom. Spiraea. Staphylaea—Bladder-See also:Nut. Symphoricarpus—Snowberry. Syringa—See also:Lilac. Tamarix—See also:Tamarisk. See also:Viburnum—Guelder Rose, &c. Vitis*—See also:Vine. Weigela. Griselinia. Hedera *—See also:Ivy.

Hypericum—St John's Wort. Ilex—Holly. Jasminum *—Jasmine. Kadsura. * Lardizabala. Laurus—Sweet Bay. Ligustrum—See also:

Privet. Lonicera *—Honeysuckle. Osmanthus. Pernettya. Phillyrea. Photinia.

Rhamnus Alaternus. See also:

Rhododendron—Rose-Bay. Rosa *—Rose. Ruscus. Skimmia. Smilax. * Stauntonia.* Ulex—See also:Furze. Viliurn u m—See also:Laurustinus. Vinca—Periwinkle. See also:Yucca—See also:Adam's See also:Needle. Hardy See also:Evergreen Trees. Hardy Deciduous Shrubs.

Hardy Evergreen Shrubs.

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