)3? 35G SHRUBS AVITII ORNAMENTAL IJERR1E8. 



fnmily is tlint they propagate only too freely. The R. cotinng is an exception, ae 

 this can only be increased by layerinf? the half ripeuotl youn,c^ shoots. 



28. liosii rtihi'i/iiiosa. — The .S\veetl)rier Rose is another of my little pets. I 

 will pass by the <?ratcful fraj^rance of its leaves, and the simple beauty of its 

 sweet flowers, sorry that my subject obliges me to do so, to recommend it to nil 

 who should chance not to possess one, if only for its numerous little golden pear- 

 shajied pods, so numerously produced, and so persistent for many months after 

 everything else has disappeared. It is raised from seeds sown in the fall, if de- 

 sired to grow the next spring, or in the spring, if one year's growth be no object. 

 It is well i)leased with any common garden soil. 



29. Sainbucus. The Elder. — The American species, though possessing hand- 

 some fruit, is rarely or never admitted into gardens. I allude to the S. canaden- 

 sis, its extensively creeping roots rendering its presence there very disagreeable. 

 There is one species, however, inhabiting the mountains of the northern States, 

 which, while it is free from this objection, has also very beautiful red berries, which 

 are very ornamental. This is the S. pnhens. There is also a scarlet-berried 

 European species, a stronger grower, and more desirable than the last, the S. ra- 

 cemosa. ;^Iost of the kinds known in the gardens, as the variegated, cut-leaved, 

 &c., are all varieties of the S. nigra, a European variety, and bear fine clusters 

 of deep black berries. All the species are of the easiest culture, growing any- 

 where but in very shady situations, and easily increased by cuttings taken off in 

 the fall of the year. 



30. Shepherdia argeniea. The Buffalo Berry. — This shrub grows about ten 

 feet high, and rather bushy. It has silvery shoots and foliage quite peculiar and 

 interesting. Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants generally, so 

 that to make sure of having a plant to bear berries, it is best to have both sexes 

 growing near each other. The berries are small, but borne in great numbers ; 

 they are of a transparent pink color, and, when grown in perfection, there are few 

 things more pleasing as a specimen lawn plant. It does best in a deep rich loam, 

 and in an open situation. In the nurseries it is propagated by layers put down 

 in July and August. They root rapidly and make good i)lants tlie following year. 



31. Symphoria, or Sgmphoricarpos. S. glomerata. — The Snowljerry is a well 

 known small shrub, bearing numerous pure white berries in the fall and winter 

 months. S. racemosa has smaller berries than the laSt, more numerous, and of a 

 dingy red. It is known in its native places as the "Indian currant." They are 

 both desirable shrubs of the easiest possible culture ; cuttings taken off in fall or 

 winter root as readily as willows. 



32. Taxus. The Yew. — Pre-eminent amongst hardy evergreen shrubs for its hand- 

 some foliage ; it is no less desirable for the pretty scarlet or pink berries it bears 

 in succession most of the summer months. In the combination of these two points, 

 it is second only to the Holly in beauty, and superior to that in the ease with which 

 it can be cultivated. The American, T. Canadensis, has the handsomest berries. 

 They are of a brighter color and produced more freely than those of any other 

 species, but the plant is more straggling, and seldom makes a large or handsome 

 bush. The European species, 1\ baccata, does not often bear fruit with us ; the 

 dark foliage of the plant shows them to advantage when they are produced. The 

 Irish Yew, a variety of T. baccata, with an erect growth, has larger berries than 

 either of the two species, but much duller in color. The yews will do well any- 

 where except in a wet situation. They, however, invariably do best in a rich 

 garden soil, and indeed may be said never to exhibit their real beauty unless well 



d for. Thty are propagated by layers, cuttings, or seeds. The first mode 

 most universal. They root readily by cuttings of the one year old wood 



