Sassafras, Sassafras officinalis.*†
Suitable in the borders of groups or for single specimens; peculiar in winter; too much neglected.
Rowan or European mountain ash, Sorbus Aucuparia (Pyrus Aucuparia).‡
Service-tree, S. domestica.
Fruit handsomer than that of the mountain ash and more persistent; small tree.
Oak-leaved mountain ash, S. hybrida (S. quercifolia).
Small tree, deserving to be better known.
Bald cypress, Taxodium distichum.*
Not entirely hardy at Lansing, Mich.; often becomes scraggly after fifteen or twenty years, but a good tree; many cultural forms.
American linden or basswood, Tilia Americana.*†