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are two of the best kinds. Rhamnus catharticiis, the 

 buckthorn, is very hardy and suited to places where it 

 is likely to have bad usage. It has good foliage and red 

 berries in summer, turning black. Rhamnus frangula 

 is, perhaps, the best species of the genus. 



St. John's-wort, the hypericum, a July flowering 

 shrub, is quite low in size with quanities of bright 

 yellow flowers and compact foliage. The largest flower 

 is, perhaps, that of Hypericum moserianum and the best 

 kind Hypericum kalmianum. Kerria japonica, the globe 

 flower, is another good summer blooming shrub. It is 

 dwarf with bright yellow flowers and green branches. 

 It is hardy, pretty, and rather refined. Rhodotypus 

 kerrioides is a valuable shrub from Japan. The foliage 

 is of a specially fresh and light green colour, making 

 an excellent contrast to that of most other shrubs, 

 and after all it is the foliage that counts; the flowers 

 last such a comparatively short time. The flowers 

 of the Rhodotypus are not specially conspicuous and 

 the black berries are borne all winter. Rubus odoratus, 

 the flowering raspberry, is pretty all summer with its 

 clusters of beautiful pink or purple fragrant blossoms. 



The spiraeas are a numerous family and apt to look 

 a Httle weedy on the lawn. Spircea Anthony Water er 

 is one of the latest varieties, bearing bright-coloured 

 flowers nearly all summer. Spircsas humaldi, callosa, 

 billardii, and douglasi all have red flowers, most all 

 summer, and even though the flowers are gone, the 

 deHcate light green foliage of Spircea thiinhergii makes 

 it a fine summer shrub. Symphoricarpus vulgaris 



