ORNAMENTAL SHUUBS. 55 



Siberian Pea Tree (Caragana arborescens) is a hardy, very desirable, 

 rail shrub, somewhat similar to a Laburnum, with bright, yellow flowers 

 early in May. Its long, composite pea-shaped leaves and erect habit, 

 makes a very pleasing combination. It is a good shrub for grouping and 

 should be used much more freely than it is. 



The Japan quince (Pyrus, or Cylonia Japonica), this should be in 

 every collection, growing three to four feet high, with bright, red flowers, 

 in early spring. It is very useful in masses, single plants, or ornamental 

 hedges. 



Burning-Bush (Euonymus Wahoo) is one of our best shrubs to pro- 

 duce a fine, tall effect. Its mass of orange red pods of seed makes it 

 v'ery striking. 



The Flowering Almonds must not be left out. Although they kill 

 back enough to make them a dwarf shrub with us, they almost always 

 retain enough growth to give us a good showing of bloom, early in the 

 spring. 



The old favorite, hydrangea (Paniculata grandiflora), is too well 

 known to need much space here. Its large heads of white bloom in 

 August, changing to pink in September, recommends it. Its earlier 

 flowering brother (Arborescens grandiflora) is perhaps not so well 

 known. It is a wonder, commencing to bloom in .lune, with immense 

 heads of pure white and keeping it up until Paniculata is in bloom. To 

 do their best, the hydrangeas must have rich soil, plenty of sunlight 

 and moisture. 



I came near leaving out one of the best classes of shrubs that we 

 have, the Berberis. The erect growing kinds (Vulgaris) and (Perpurea) 

 are very similar in growth and habit, but the beautiful purple color of 

 the one makes it much more desirable. They are fine, single, in mass 

 or in a hedge, but best of all three is the dwarf (Japan Thunbergei). 

 Its spreading habit, rich shining, small leaves, white flowers in May and 

 purplish red berries in the fall and winter makes it, I believe, the be^^t 

 dwarf green shrub for massing, or for a dwarf hedge, that we have, dnp . 

 of the best effects of the kind I ever saw was a solid mass of it on each 

 side of steps leading up to a residence. 



I will mention the dogwoods (Cornus) long enough to say that aftef. 

 giving us a fine, vigorous, healthy, green shrub through the summer and 

 Iheir various colored leaves in the fall, they liven up the landscape with 

 bright colored wood all through the winter. The bright red twigged 

 (Stolonifera), I believe to be the best red, and I have just gotten ac- 

 quainted with its exact counterpart, except that the twigs are a bright 

 clear yellow. I have been looking for a long time for shrub with 

 yellow wood as good as Stolonifera is a red. This fills the bill. 



The king of all the light feathery foliage is the Russian Silver Tam- 

 arix. I don't understand why we don't see much more of it planted. It has 

 bright silvery gray foliage, will grow freely in most any good ground, as a 

 specimen can be trimmed to most any shape and makes a very pretty 

 hedge. The sprays of the foliage, or its pretty pink flowers, can be used 



