New-York tribune., 1895-02-13

this book show that they can be highly pictur-
esque. Passing by the stately camellias which in
the forests OF Japan straight-stemmed trees
forty feet high the stuartas, which resemble the
| white-fowered shrubs Of the same genus in our
| central and southern States. the lindens the
| graceful stachyurus, Of which rare pant good
specimen is now happy in Prospect Park. Brook
lyn. the remarkable actinidias, which must prove
a strong reinforcement to our list Of hardy
climbers the prickly ashes. one Of which Pro-
fessor Sargent pronounces equal in beauty OF
habit to any tree he saw, We cannot help men
tioning the hollIes, Of which there are dozen
evergreen species some Of them large
and stately trees with great, glossy leaves
and brilliant with abundant fruit IN
fortunately there is little assurance that
any one Of them will prove hardy north OF Wash-
ington, for although many Of the broad-iea'eu
| evergreen shrubs Of Japan grow In LATITUDE
farther north than that of MASSACHUSETTS,
they rest in winter under cover OF sho" anu
are therefore not exposed to such alterhatiohs Vi
freezing and thawing. nor 90 they s"'e'
30 much from the drouths OF summer ana au-
tumn as they would do here. There are o'her mol
lies with deciduous leaves related to our common
scarlet berred black alder. which Will no uouo'
thrive In the Northern United States ana heip ~
Increase the beauty of our snruboenes III "'h'o''
OF the euonymus or plants related 10 ou' ooi'''"
burning bush there are already some Japanese
species in our gardens: the commonest ana the
., toe most beautiful is the climbing one known
as Euonymus radicans. This has been FOUND very
| useful in this country as covering FOR walls
ord &c Professor Sargent saw it carpeting the
ground in the forests Of IIokkaido and covering
the trunks Of trees with masses of its lustrous
fo,iape II must have a rare attractiveness.
reat,va of the climbing bittersweet, whose scar
let and orange berries brighten our roadsides In
the autumn is celastrus articulata Inis Is rare
| in this country yet. but is one OF the commohes'
| plants in Japan. and it's long. slender branches
covered with brilliantly ,oored fruit are sold IN
autumn throughout all the Japanese cities ioi
the decoration of dwelling-houses
Certain japan naples mostly with deeply cut
or strangely coored leaves have been known
in this country for more than twenty-five years
They are generally forms Of Acer palmatum'
small round headed tree which colors as Drisht-
" very late in autumn as our own scarlet hapie
as all freouenters of Prospect Park can bear
witness for near the lake there are two or 'he
finest specimens of these trees now in cultivation
and their foliage is all afame when most OF our
native trees have dropped their leaves The
lover of beautiful trees will find much to delght
him in this chapter on the naples, and he VIII De
ma artcularly pleased to learn that some species as
vet unknown here will probably be very usefui
for ornamental planting. BY happy chahce
Professor Sargent gathered abundant SEED of one
OF these Acer myabei, an elegant Tree ''osV's
related to the sycamore maple OF Europe anu ny
another stroke Of good fortune he succeeueu J."
gathering seeds OF Acer nikkoense' "hich oe
lungs 10 the ash-leaved section OF naples anu 10
remarkable for the brilliancy of its autumn ION
age Some of the japanese sumachs are aireaus
known in our gardens. bu. none OF them are ''o'e
hsou,,,,u than our own Our climbing poison
sumach or as it Is generally called. the Poiso"
ivv. or mercury is also common in Japan where
=, fa.toons tho tons OF the tallest trees. and IN
an,umn n is probably the handsomest vine In inc
;s,ands The leaves grow thicker in that couh-
,rv than they do on the American form; they are
larger too more leathery. and kindle into even
| moro glowing colors often to a shade OF intense
crimson which we never detect In them mere. vi
the leguminous trees there is honey locust ""'~n
closely resembles our native species ai'hous" "
is more beautiful to look at and rather laise''
and II will no doubt become a valuable auui''o"
10 the exotic trees for park planting IN 'he
great rose family the japanese plum or raIhei
anrcot Prunus Mume. Is the most popuiar - al
,r.os IN Janan and its blossoms. which are either
white pink or red and often doubled are reaiy
the festal flowers of spring. The more beauuiui
Io,,nase cherry Prunus Pseudo-cerassus is also
cultivated for its flowers and In the autumn i's
hr,uantlv colored leaves illuminate the landscape
hefora any other trees change color ms Tree
is very beautiful and fourishes in our Climate
hut not as we'll as the one with pehouiouS
branches which Professor Sargent did not hnu
very common In japanese gardens out ""i-"' %
we know it here. is really one OF the most oe""'
fll trees in cultivation. Besides THESE Pi"''S anu
cherries. with their allies and the Japanese "P-
nj. pvrus Toringo which is becoming quite conn
MON IN this country and Is among the most de-
s,-.h,e ~ trees for small places. there are many
other beautiful apple and pear trees win hio""-
tain ashes which can readily be natuializeo n',e
W. have already introduced one or two SHRUBS
Of the witch hazel family, ana there are o''e,'
which ought to prove good garden plants, while
among the aralas. which are represented III 'ne
United States by the Hercules club OF our Sou'h
Atlantic region there are stately uees "nio"
ought TO be hardy here and which. with 'heir
,r,men.e nanices of flowers and broad leaves
nresent an appearance entirely unlike anything
krown In our forests Our beautiful howerlhe
doqwood has rival in the japanese species ana
there are several members OF the hohe!such'e
family viburnums especially, which are a"e"N'
well known here Viburnum furcatum' ho"eNe''
a shrub or q small tree especially conspicuous ~
autumn for It's wonderful tints OF scarlet anu
wine color. although common In Japan ~ VI"
known here and Professor Sargent mas taken 'a'e
to secure seeds Of what promises to be genuine
acquisition. Our rhododendrons and azaleas' An
dromedas and Clethras, which all belong 10 'he
heath family, have relatives In Japan which are
already known here and which are worthy 10 DE
so. The persmmons which we have always Deeh
accustomed to call Japanese are probably OF Chi-
nese origin. and the famous Kaki. which Is grown
in our Southern States and in California ior
It's fruit s planted in immense quantities IN theSe
islands Some OF the harder kinds, which come
from Pekng and which luxuriate In the gardens
OF Central Japan. have never been tried In THIS
oo,ctrv and Professor SargentS conjecture