PLANTS VALUABLE FOR THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THEIR FRUIT : Page 417


Gleditsia triacanthos Staphylea pinnata

Honey Locust European Bladder-nut

Gymnocladus dioica Staphylea trifolia

Kentucky Coffee Tree American Bladder-nutFruit Trees (in variety)

B. Producing Fruit Valuable for Its Colour Effects. The

colour effect of fruit may be equally as effective as the colour effect of

flowers. Some fruit is effective as a combination of colour against

the background of green foliage. Other fruit is effective because

of its colour at a season of the year when the foliage is gone. Manymore plants should be used for the colour effect of the fruit thanare now seen in our landscape plantings.

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