Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-07

a comparatively low growing tree Catal-
 pa speciosa casts an unusually wide |
 shadow It's just the tree to make a |
 fine picture on 8 wide. bare piece of
 ground.
 The Kentucky coffee tree would be an l
 unusually good, lawn tree except for the |
 fact it is very slow in getting it's leaves in the spring. Where that failing is not
 allowed to score against it, it is distinct ly worth getting acquainted with, for it | is unusually free from insect pests or
 fungus troubles, and makes a clean, l stout growth. The tree will ultimately grow a hundred feet high in good soil, ! and has long greenish white flowers in large panicles at the ends of the branches. Following the flowers come pods which resemble those of beans, and which often stick to the tree through the winter, giving it a very peculiar aspect.
 In Revolutionary times the seeds in these pods were used for making coffee, which accounts for the name the tree now bears.
 | When the ordinary man thinks of
 shade trees. he thinks of naples as a matter of course, and some of the. ma pies may be included in list of shade | trees that have attractive flowers. The
 Norway maple is the one which I shall mention as being especially worth rec | sort of tree. for in spite of it's name it grows all over the European continent. 1 and thrives just as well here as at home. The flowers, which open before the leaves. are greenish-yellow, and ar ranged in compact round clusters. The Norway maple is handsome all the year
 through, and bears the hard conditions tof city life unusually well. Moreover 1t grows better at the seashore than most of our native trees
 The Japanese pagoda tree is the un-
 usual name which has been given to 9
 very attractive, although not a very
 large tree from the far east. It doesn't
 suggest pagoda in any way, and prob
 ably received it's name because of the
 location in which it is often found in , Japan. It has small, shining green leaves. Eventually it gets large enough to make a good shade tree, and the , small, creamy-white, .pea-shaped flowers, ; produced in erect terminal clusters, are : decidedly ornamental Moreover. they come in August when the Towering sea- son of most trees is past. While this ) tree has been in commerce for some l years it is not nearly so well known : as most of the other kinds mentioned l and there is always a certain satlsfac- !, tion in planting q novelty.
 | Another tree which is not very widely e known, although it has been planted here a and there about the country for many | years, is the yellow wood or Virgilia. Il n also has pea-shaped flowers, white, and y hanging in long clusters like pendants t from all the branches. It has a curious e habit however of blooming only every e other year, and apparently practically s every tree of this species in the country h blooms the same season.
 d One other shade tree that blooms a feel I ought to mention. because of it
 remarkably good qualities, although e hasn't been very widely distributed Il among the nurserymen as yet. It il a called Acanthopanax ricinifolium. e belongs to the Aralia family, and ha e in July immense flower heads, creamy # white in color. and often a foot across e The tree makes very symmetrical e growth. and has large leaves producini l. perfect shade. Moreover, it's a tree o e very distinctive character. giving a trop a ical effect quite out of the ordinary - There are many other good trees whicl e can be grown on the lawn and give
 certain amount of shade, although the h are not to be classed primarily as shad e trees. In the list may be included tn ,e Towering cherries, and the fiowerin ,r crabapples. with particular emphasi IS places on Bechters crab, a good tree a .o all seasons and forming when in bloor y one of the love1iest pictures imaginable -e looking as though covered with sma1 y pink roses. With such a tree upo d which to feast ones eyes, one feels tha ,r life is indeed well worth living.