NATIVE SHRUBBERY IN ORNAMENTATION. 1 87 



nursery catalogue. The larger Amorpha fruticosa, from the river 

 banks, may go into the shrubbery too, where it will be at home with 

 good cultivation. 



The wild plum (Prunus Americana), the western sand cherry 

 (Prunus Besseyi), the wild red cherry (Prunus Pennsylvania), the 

 choke cherry (Prunus Yirginiana), and the western wild cherry 

 (Prunes demissa) are all extremely attractive shrubs for border 

 planting. The wild red cherry, with its slender, pendulous branches, 

 is particularly fine, and when given good cultivation it becomes one 

 of the most graceful of large shrubs or small trees. 



There are several species of thorn (Crataegus) native to the 

 state, now the subject of special study at the state university, and 

 all well adapted to border planting. They all show attractive flow- 

 ers in early spring and show fruit toward autumn. 



At least two native Juneberries (Amelanchier Botryapiun and 

 Amelanchier alnifolia) produce feathery leaves and beautiful flow- 

 ers in early spring, and a valuable fruit in June. 



The wild roses, of two or three species, may be given a place 

 in the border with good results. The American mountain ash 

 (Sorbus Americana) is a native of this state and deserves to be 

 planted. The shrubby Potentilla (Potentilla fruticosa) is a desir- 

 able little shrub and succeeds well in any good garden soil. The 

 nine-bark (Opulaster opulifolius) is a beautiful, thrifty, vigorous 

 shrub usually classed with the spiraeas. The native spiraeas, S. 

 salicifolia, S. tomentosa and S. Douglasii, may be planted with good 

 results. Kinnikinnik (Cornus amonum), red-osier cornel (Cornus 

 stolonifera) and Cornus alternifolia are common throughout the 

 state and well adapted to cultivation in the home shrubbery. The 

 silver berry (Elaeagnus argentea) is a native of northern Minne- 

 sota and has been introduced to cultivation with good results. An- 

 other silver-leaved shrub is the buffalo berry. It should be set 

 with a dark background of other trees, preferably evergreens. The 

 buffalo berry is a beautiful shrub, especially in autumn, when the 

 pistillate plants are covered with red berries. The high bush cran- 

 berry and its garden form, the snowball, are native plants that are 

 indispensible to the shrub border. A closely related shrub, the 

 Viburnum lentago, should not be overlooked. Its shining glossy 

 leaves, its broad cvmes of white flowers and its black fruit make it 

 an attractive object at any season of the year. 



This paper alreadv sounds too much like a catalogue, but I can- 

 not refrain from mentioning the sumach, the red-berried elder, the 

 black-berried elder, the flowering currant, our native Philadephuses, 



