| | | | preferred one. | | | | 12. Bayberry (Myrica| 3-8 | Not showy |Indifferent|Grows equally well in sand loam, or swampy carolinensis) | | | | places. Leaves shining green, long persistent. | | | | Fruits whitish; all winter. | | | | 13. Sweet fern | 3-5 |Golden- |Dry |Golden catkins very showy before the leaves. (Comptonia | | brown| hillsides| Whole plant very fragrant. Can be grown asplenifolia) | | | | almost anywhere. --------------------+------+-----------+-----------+------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------+------+-----------+-----------+-------------------------------------------------- Common and Latin |Height| Color of | Preferred | Remarks and Notes Names |(feet)| Flowers | Habitat | ---------------------------+------+-----------+-----------+-------------------------------------------------- 14. Beaked hazelnut | 3-6 |Brown- |Indifferent|Along streams it makes effective screens and (Corylus rostrata) | | yellow| | borders. The long beak quite distinct from | | | | No. 3. Occasionally 8 feet. | | | | 15. Hoary elder | 4-9 |Greenish- |Moist |Leaves pale green beneath. With Nos. 3, 4, 14 (Alnus incana) | | brown| places| and 89, it can be used effectively along shores | | | | of streams and ponds. | | | | 16. American black | 3-5 |Green- |Shaded |_R. lacustre_ and _R. rubrum_, the latter with reddish currant (Ribes | | white| woods| purple flowers are very fine. Neither americana) | | | | in the trade. | | | | 17. Juneberry | 5-12 | White |Moist |As individual plants very shapely, but rather (Amelanchier Botryapium)| | | places| ungainly in close formation. _A. spicata_ (1-4 | | | | ft.) good, but not in the trade. | | | | 18. English hawthorn | 5-15 | White |Dry |The May. Much cultivated and now run wild. (Cratægus Oxyacantha) | | | hillsides| The American _C. rotundifolia_ common on L. | | | | I. and N. J., but not for sale.