The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-18
BIRMINGHAM'S NEW s'CITY
 BEAUTIFUL" DEPARTMENT

i distinctly beautiful lily. The botanists
 only describe this variety as being found
 at the shoals in the Savannah river
 above Augusta, Ga, in the Congaree river
 hear Columbia, $. e. Therefore. you
 will readily appreciate it's rarity The
 flowers are large, show, white, fragrant.
 several growing in an umbel, or cluster.
 at the end of a tall two-edged scape, or
 stem. The crown is flannel shaped with
 six slender spreading divisions which
 unite at their bases forming a long
 slender tube. The stamsns are six. united
 by thin filament in a crown. This lily
 exhales a redolent heavy perfume.
 At this time in the woods generally about Birmingham. you will find the won derfu panicles of white flowers of the oak leaved hydrangea, banked up against the luxurious, rich green of it's hand
 some foliage. This shrub grows to
 height of eight feet more. and it's
 large compact flower heads and hand
 some foliage give 1t an air of distine-
 ton among the wild shrubs. It has more
 of the appearance of cultivated va
 riety; in fact, lends itself well to eulti- walton. The leaves are large. with three
 to five well formed lopes, giving it's re-
 semblance to the red or black oak foliage, from which it derives it's popular name
 These leaves color up with rich tones
 of scarlet, purple and orange near frost time.
 Also at this time will be found in bloom in the Nine Bark or Enowy Hy. drangea (Hydrangea arborescens and
 radiata). These are growing in the woody thickets, the flowers being in rather flat. terminal compound cymes
 The leaves ovate and pointed at the apex, and very downy beneath, giving
 them a silvery appearance when turned up by the summer breezes. The natives
 have named the hydrangea the nine bark because of the manner in which its bark flies off in small layers from time to time. This shedding bark Is collected and steepcd for use in me dicnal way
 The Sumacs--It is hardly necessary to describe the sumacs. as we are all
 more or less familiar with these hand | some shrubs. and their clusters of sour berries, which ripen in the fall How | ever, l wish to call attention to the
 fact that some of the varieties that are now in bloom are very handsome, both 1 in flower and foliage. and worthy of a
 place in the landscape or cultivated | lawn.
 The smooth sumac (rhus glabra) is a shrub or low tree, with an open crown The leaves are compound with II to I 31 leaflets. symmetrically disposed on the stem, the under sides of the leaves are smoothed and whitened. The flow CTS are in large pyramidal. terminal panicles, which are soon followed by crimson fruiting clusters. This is beau tiful for massing effects The upland sumac trhus copallina) has nine leaf lets on stem, the main stalk being winged between the leaflets. The dark green leaves fade into autumn tints the fruiting panicles being bright red The Elders. (Sambucus Canadensis). Now the elder is lifting up its flat top ped cymes of white flowers against the background of its bright green fo- 1 liage and later it will bear the clus- ters of black fruits of elder berries for the good old-time elder berry pies 1 The foliage of the elder Is compound consisting of five to II leaflets. and the whole aspect of these shrubs entitle them to aplace in the naturalistic
 plantings. They are fine for waterside planting.