BROOKLYN 

 BOTANIC GARDEN 



RECORD 



VOL. XXX JANUARY, 1941 NO. 



LIST OF SHRUBS 



EXCLUSIVE OF CONIFERS 



GROWING OUTDOORS IN THE 



BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 



1940 



Guide No. 11 

 By Charles V. Doney 



This list comprises the shrubs and a few small trees growing 

 out of doors in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in 1940. Altogether 

 there are 83 families. 265 genera, 1021 species, and 230 varieties. 

 not including horticultural varieties of lilac and rose. 



The names are those of Rehder's " Manual of Cultivated Trees 

 and Shrubs," second edition (1940). except in a few cases where 

 we have used the long established names, with Rehder's new names 

 in parentheses. 



Italics : American plant E : Evergreen 



Roman type : Old World plant II : Hardiness undependable in 

 * : Of special ornamental value Brooklyn 



D : Dioecious or polygamo- T : Small tree 



dioecious \ : \ ine 



Note: The front cover illustration is Platycarya strobilacea, a 

 Chinese species. 



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