SHRUBS WITH ORNAMENTAL BERRIES. 



seeds sown as soon as ripe, or properly preserved for spring sowing. P. amhiguus, 

 I have no doubt, is a mere variety of the other. P. glaber is a handsome, small, 

 evergreen, with leaves like those of Kahma latifolia, and small, shining, black 

 berries. It is readily propagated by dividing its running roots, but it will only 

 do well in a sandy, vegetable soil. 



20. Leycesteria formosa. — In this part of the world, this plant usually gets 

 killed to the ground, but shoots up again vigorously in spring, and, towards fall, 

 bears a profusion of its very singular berries. It is of very easy culture, and 

 though its berries cannot be by any means styled beautiful, they generally please 

 by their appearance. 



21. Ligustrum vidgare. Privet. — Common as this shrub is, I am very partial 

 to it. It has an Oriental appearance denied to most other plants ; its pure white 

 flowers, in dense clusters, diffuse an odor which to me is very grateful ; its jet 

 black berries seemingly produced with such ease, and without the great effort it 

 seems to cost many plants to bear their fruit; and then, the patience it exhibits, 

 and the contentment it shows with its lot, whether favored with good, rich soil, 

 in a desirable situation, or left to fight its way in any stony, gravelly soil — all 

 endear it to me. There it grows so readily, that a branch stuck in by mere chance, 

 will i)roduce a plant at any season. There are many varieties, but the fruit of all 

 is alike. 



22. Lonicera. The Upright Honeysuckles. — L. xglosteum, the Fly Honey- 

 suckle, is a highly ornamental shrub, growing. about ten feet high, and producing, 

 in July or August, a profusion of bright red berries, resemljling large red cur- 

 rants. It is of the easiest culture, growing in any soil, and either in sunshine or 

 shade. It may be raised from seed, but is usually propagated from cuttings taken 

 off in the winter, and planted early in the spring. L. Turtarica, the Tartarian 

 Honeysuckle, is similar, in general appearance, to the last, but the leaves are 

 smooth, and the berries are of a pale amber color. L. Ledehourii, the Califor- 

 niau Upright Honeysuckle, has golden berries, but I have not noticed them in 

 quantities suflBcient to make much show. 



23. Magnolia iimhreUa, or tripetela — Rather a large tree than a shrub, but it 

 has a tendency to throw up suckers or offsets, and form a thick bush. The color 

 of the fruit varies very much in different plants, some individuals bearing pale, 

 nearly white fruit, while others present a rich crimson. In the latter state, it is 

 very ornamental. Efforts should be made to propagate these scarlet fruited varie- 

 ties, which can readily be done by grafting on the other strong growing kinds. 

 Magnolia tripetela is of the easiest culture, growing well in any light, rich soil. 

 Magnolia glauca, the Swamp Laurel, though the fruit is of the same green color as 

 the leaves, is very handsome when the deep scarlet seeds appear as the seed-vessels 

 burst open. It does best in a moist, rich soil, though it will succeed in quite dry 

 situations, if not in absolute clay. Magnolias do not transplant well in the fall 

 of the year, unless very early — say September. If the roots are kept from dry- 

 ing, and they are well watered at planting, they will succeed better in April or 

 May than at any other period of the year. 



24. Mitchella repens. The Partridge Berry. — A well known, small, creeping 

 ])lant, with evergreen leaves, and small crimson, holly-like berries, bearing them 

 at all seasons, and chiefly through the winter. It only succeeds in shady places, 

 growing around the bases of large trees, or creeping over rotten roots. There 

 are few things handsomer of its class. 



25. Mylocaryum ligitstrinum. The Buckwheat-Tree. — I am now describing a 

 shrub of wliich I know nothing practically. I can only say that it is one of 



beautiful of our native shrubs, grows naturally in Georgia and Florid 



