Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1915 — TREES FOR HOME GROUNDS [ARTICLE]

TREES FOR HOME GROUNDS

Small Varieties Add Greatly to the Appearance of the House, and Also to Its Value. In planting ornamental trees about the home, we naturally consider their utility in providing shade. There are, however, a number of beautiful trees, small in size, that occupy an intermediate place between shrubs and shade trees. Their beauty gives them a place of honor, but they should not bb placed where their growth will interfere with other plants as they grow larger. The white fringe, or fringe tree, Chionanthus Virginica, is a native of the United States, forming a large shrub, rather than a small tree, as it is rounded and bushy. It has large glossy leaves three to five Inches long, dark green, that are handsome through the season. In May or June it bears an abundance of white flowers, In drooping racemes. The blossoms have narrow, fringe-like petals, and are very graceful. One specimen under observation, now about eighteen years planted, is probably twelve feet high, a symmetrical vase shape; it flowers abundantly. A young specimen, suitable for planting, costs about seventyfive cents. —Rural New Yorker.