THE SECRETARY'S PORTFOLIO. 4U 



CONIFEROUS TREES. 



SHRUBS WITH ORNAMENTAL BERRIES. 



In answer to inquiries for a list of shrubs and small trees which produce 

 ornamental fruit after flowering, and after the leaves have fallen in autumn, 

 the Country Gentleman names: 



Prims verticillatus, or Black Alder, which grows wild in muck swamps, and 

 bears a profusion of scarlet berries, which continue through a large portion of 

 winter. It grows well, and produces its masses of berries when removed upland. 



Celastrus scandens, Bittersweet, is a clmiber, and with its clusters of orange- 

 scarlet fruit may be made a graceful display in winter. 



Berheris vulgaris, the Barberry, is ornamental as a shrub Avhen in flower, and 

 also with its beautiful racemes of berries, the purple variety being the most 

 ornamental. 



Euonymus atropiirpureus, Burning Bush. 



Viburimm Oxycoccus, the Bush Cranberry. 



Symphoricarpus racemosus, the Snowberry. 



Juniperus Virginiana, the Red Cedar, some trees of which bear a profusion 

 of blue and purple berries, which have a singuh^rly beautiful effect in winter, in 

 connection with the dark green foliage of the trees. 



Sorhus Americana and aucuparia, the Mountain Ash, with their several 

 varieties. 



Shepherdia argentea, the Buffalo Berry, bears dense masses of orange-scarlet 

 berries, and, being dioecious, it is necessary to have staminate and pistillate 

 plants growing together. It is a shrub of straggling growth, but by pinching 

 back and training, it may be brought into a symmetrical shape. 



Crataegus pyracantha, the Evergreen Thorn, is a low-growing evergreen 

 shrub, which, late in autumn and early in winter, affords a tine display of dense 

 clusters of red berries. Being slightly"^ tender, it should be planted in the shelter 

 of evergreen trees. 



BORDERS OF SHRUBS. 



Wm. C. Barry, in an address before the American Nurserymen's Association, 

 advocated the increased employment of shrubs for borders inside the fences 

 which bound gardens and lawns. These borders can be varied in depth, accord- 

 ing to the size of the garden. They should be a little higher than the lawn, 



