The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Ellen Eddy Shaw
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" _Laydekeri_, var. |Pink | " " "
_rosea_ (hardy) | | " _Zanzibariensis_ (tender) |White | " " " --------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE:--Any of these forms may be grown in from 1 to 2 ft. of water. --------------------------------------------------------------------- TREE TABLE --------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME |HEIGHT | SPECIAL POINTS --------------------------------------------------------------------- Carolina Poplar |100 ft.|Grows in a dry soil. Fastest growing street | | tree. Its dropping fruit is a nuisance. | | Sheds leaves early. Catalpa |50ft. |Lovely white blossoms in June. Seed pods | | stay on into winter. Quick growing. | | Good lawn tree. English Hawthorn|30ft. |Flowers in June. Red berries. Grows on | | dry soils. Slow grower. Sharp thorns. Linden |90ft. |Easy to grow. Fragrant flowers. Rapid | | grower. European species smaller than | | American. Live Oak |100 ft.|Not hardy in the North. Grows south of | | Virginia. Beautiful evergreen oak. Likes | | moist soil. |
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