The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-24
IN OUR WOODS AND sARpry.
Trees, Shrubs. Bulbs. and Herbaceou. p..
ennisls Now In BIoom.

Trees, Shrubs. Bulbs. and Hersaceou. 20.
ennisis Now In Bloom.
Between two and three weeks ago tho so,,.,
promised to be early. but on account OF NJ.
| continuous cold weather since then yegetatin,
has been considerably retarded In its growth
| and is now more backward than IL has hoo,
at this time OF year since 1888 Early in IN.
sprlngtime as this is. however. tho wood
lanes. parks. and gardens are enliyeped h,
many interesting. conspicuous. SNOWY. a,
| beautiful flowers. The clms have been in
| bloom. the soft naples arc past. the red ma.
pies are conspicuous everywhere. and Nh.
| greenish flowers of tho sugar naples ara Ia.
| ginning to open along the highways. m.
| spice bush fLinderd bcnzoinJ. sprinkl,d Mi
over with tho small bright yellow blossoms. ia
everywhere abundant near the margins q,
moist woodlands; ON the unbrenkabls
| branches OF the leathcrwood bushes fDrca
palnstris) are crowded many nodding yellow
flowers. and in wet places the modest sweet
gale tMricd od'eI blooms unnoticod by the
| casual observer.
In our gardens the atmosphere Is rcdolent
| with the delicious odor Of tho blossoms OF ,hs
| fragrant bush honeysuckles lLonrerd fra.
prdntiSsnu and H. .StdndiShiD The nasod
stemmed forsythias. now q shower OF gold, ar.
rest the attention wherever they occur. That
known as Fortunes forsythia is the one va
most often sec grown in graceful bush form,
the one called riridissid is OF sitter bus habit
and suspense is the trailing or climbing form.
used to train over arbors'or trellises Tho
early blooming deciduous magnolias Of China
and japan. among white or purple lowered
shrubs are tho most conspicuous plants OF
our gardens ut present. Tho star lowered
magnolia M steiiatdJ. q lovely little bushy
hn rli
open: it has elegant white blossoms. without
any Of the stiffness Of form peculiar to other
magnolas. NJ kobus Is a rarcr and mora
sparse blooming sort Of the same season. But
tho most noticeable OF oil Is tho Chinese Yulan
an conspicual. which forms largo. broadly
pyramdal bushes whose every little twiglct 10
terminated with big. stiff. milk-whte flower.
Several ether magnolias. mostly hybrids be-.
tween tho Yuan aud the Japanese oborotd. are
also coming into bloom. All OF these are de.
sirable garden shrubs. quite hardy here. long
lived. and. Kobus excepted. free and sure
blooming every year.
Several ornamental plum trees bloom quite
early. OF these the downy-leaved plum
fPr,uus tOnentosa) OF northern China and
japan is now covered from ground to top
with pretty pinkish white flowers. Some OF
the double Powered plums so common in
gardens are also in bloom. The plants are
not always satisfactory, however for they be.
come riddled by borers and burned by blight.
h'unus penduld. handsome graceful species
from Japan. will in few days be perfect
fountain Of pink.
The Comedian cherry tCo,nus masl because
OF the host Of little ambels OF yellow flowers
scattered all over its branches in earliest
spring. has had o very telling effect in the gar
den since nearly q month. A much less known
plant Of the same style is the Japanese c. off,
otndlis. The naked-fowered jessamne (Jas.
n,inun nudiforun,. a yellow blossomed spe-
cies from China. makes pretty winter or an
early spring blooming bushy vine: it is still
quite gay. Although it thrives we'll in
sheltered parts about New York. it
isn't reliably hardy much north OF
here. The Japanese witch hazel Is "a
very much more SNOWY plant than our native
Species and it blooms in winter or earliest
spring 1t is now past. Two little known. but
much deserving shrubs, now in their gayest
are the Japanese golden drops
bushes (Corvlopsis paucifora and c. sptcdtaJ.
They form low. neat-growng. dense shrubs.
and from every eye Of their leafless branchlets
3 snowy little racine Of yellow flowers is now
Dropping. The mezereon has been in bloom
since a month: in a little while it's branches
will be as gayly clad with brilliant berries 40
hey have lately been with fragrant red flowers.
Among evergreens the Dahurian rhododen.
iron has been In good bloom for three weeks:
The Japanese andromeda is carrying q load OF
Dropping racemes OF white heath-like flowers.
and A. foribunda from the Alleghanies OF stiff
crowded terminal racemes. Daphne cleorun,.
q dense. low-growing plant, has clusters OF
fragrant rose pink flowers terminating every
shoot. and the yellowsh blossoms OF the
spurge laurel also Daphne. are dropping of.
The European bell-heather Erica carneaJ
'orms one Of tho prettest little cushions OF
red or white. according to variety. one could
wish to see
A good many other shrubs In bloom might
20 mentioned. for instance. the leather-leaf
CdssdndraJ Of our swamps. the mayflower
EpigIaJ which abhors cultivation. the shep-
lerdia. whose flowers are almost UNDESIRABLE.
he fragrant sumach (Rhus aromaticdJ, whose
'retty yellow flowers on its naked stems have
marked effect upon the spreading bushes.
nd the shrub yellow-root (Zanthorizd apiiJohaJ.
whose profusion Of chocolate purple compound
acemes are Just as abundant on our garden
lants as they are on those ut home in damp.
hady places in the Alleghanies.
Early blooming hardy perennials are much
Influenced in their time Of blooming accord
ng to the conditions under which they arc
rown. For instance while Siberian squills.
cen out Of bloom for some time in warm or
pen sunny places. in cool. shady. north facing
xposurcs they are not quite past yet. The
'hite rock cress f.irnbS dlJiddl is like a sheet
snow. tho aubrietias. also dwarf carpeting
lants. are clothing themselves in purple, and
10 erysimum or yellow rock cress in
elbow. The periwinkle Tor myrtle, a,
is often called along the border AMI
II sunny slopes is dotted all over with
lue or white blossoms Just as tho variety may
.. Tho spring adonis displays its large
olden blossoms to the sunshine. and tho
loodroot does the same with its snowy petals.
ut both plants shut up their flowers at night.
inches OF purple corydals are showing color
the borders. and the single lowered
uropean fragrant violets are blooming IN
inny spots. The Rocky Mountain yellow
og 's-tooth violet fErVtlrOniuny and tho
'veral colored European forms are In bloom
herever they can get footing. Both bios.
I'M more abundanty than do the little doui-
N OF our eastern woods. The red and white
oss pinks fPhiOr suLuidtdJ arc thic.cning NJ