| | | |
58. Dockmackie | 3-8 | White |Dry woods |Looks like a small maple tree. Useful as it
(Viburnum acerifolium)| | | | will grow almost anywhere. Fruits black.
| | | |
JUNE-JULY | | | |
| | | |
59. Hydrangea | 4-9 | White |Indifferent |Thoroughly hardy and often easier grown than
(Hydrangea arborescens)| | | | the more showy exotic species.
--------------------------+------+-----------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------
Common and Latin |Height| Color of | Preferred | Remarks and Notes
Names |(feet)| Flowers | Habitat |
-------------------------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------
60. Meadow rose | 2-4 | Pink |Indifferent|Along paths and roadsides it scrambles everywhere
(Rosa virginiana | | | | with apparent cultural indifference
blanda) | | | |
| | | |
61. Sweetbrier | 3-6 |Pinkish- |Indifferent|Well repays good treatment when it often becomes
(Rosa rubiginosa) | | white| | a bushy shrub 4 to 5 feet in diameter.
| | | |
62. Pasture rose | 1-3 | Pink |Indifferent|The beautiful large petals very evanescent. It
(Rosa humilis) | | | | can be best grown in a moist place. Showy.
| | | |
63. Water ash | 6-18 |Greenish- |Shade |Flowers inconspicuous but the compound
(Ptelea trifoliata) | | white| | leaves make it a good foliage plant. Wood
| | | | very brittle.
| | | |
64. Black sumac | 5-15 |Greenish- |Dry places |The large compound leaves a beautiful scarlet
(Rhus Copallina) | | white| | in the autumn. Profuse bloomer and fruits
| | | | persistent.
| | | |
65. Inkberry | 3-6 |Greenish- |Moist |The more rare _I. mucronata_ of swamps is interesting
(Ilex glabra) | | white| woods| botanically but must be collected
| | | | from the wild.
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