Alder | 5-9 |Brownish-| Moist |Will grow in other situations. The fruits, not (Alnus rugosa) | | green| places | very strong, will stay on all winter. Useful | | | | in masses along brooks. | | | | 5. Spice bush | 6-15 |Yellow | Indifferent |Flowers much before the leaves, very fragrant, (Benzoin | | | | Near N. Y. usually not over 10 feet, larger odoriferum) | | | | southward. | | | | 6. Red chokeberry | 2-4 |White | Indifferent |Common from N. Y. southward. _A. atropurpurea_, (Aronia| | | | | with black fruit is worth while. arbutifolia) | | | | _A. arbutifolia_ has red fruit. --------------------+------+---------+--------------+----------------------------------------------- --------------------+------+-----------+-----------+------------------------------------------------- Common and Latin |Height| Color of | Preferred | Remarks and Notes Names |(feet)| Flowers | Habitat | --------------------+------+-----------+-----------+------------------------------------------------- 7. Red bud (Cercis | 4-15 |Pink-purple|Indifferent|Magnificent masses of color before the leaves canadensis) | | | | appear. Sometimes almost a tree. Rare as | | | | a wild plant, but easily cultivated. | | | | 8. Fragrant sumac | 3-8 |Yellowish | Rocky |Will grow in unlikely places and an excellent (Rhus canadensis | | green| woods| shrub for wild effect. Flowers half hidden aromatica) | | | | by compound leaves. | | | | APRIL-MAY | | | | | | | | 9. Shiny willow |10-18 |Yellow- | Low places|Will grow almost anywhere. _S. myrtilloides_ a (Salix lucida) | | green| | shrub 3½ feet, not in the trade, is handsome | | | | with yellow catkins. | | | | 10. Prairie willow | 3-6 |Yellow- | Dry places|Will grow almost anywhere. Flowers out much (Salix humilis) | | green| | before the leaves. Useful only in mass effects. | | | | 11. Sweet gale | 3-6 |Incons- |Swamps |Ash colored fruits effective all winter. Will (Myrica Gale) | | picuous| and bogs| grow in many other situations besides the