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resemble the orange-blossom, and are equally fragrant, 

 though with not so delicate a perfume. It grows to a large 

 size, but retains its regular rounded bush form even when 

 of great age. The shrub will be greatly improved in form 

 if now and then a large central branch is cut out. 



Golden-leaved Mock Orange (P. c, var. aureus). — 

 Very similar in leaf and flower to the last, but of a smaller 

 growth, and with leaves that are of a bright golden color 

 when young, but changing to a light green during the latter 

 part of the summer. In contrast with the purple barberry, 

 purple hazel nut, or other similarly colored foliage-shrubs 

 it produces most beautiful effects. 



Large-flowered Mock Orange (P. inodorus), Fig. 128. 

 — A shrub of large, coarse growth, producing conspicuous 

 single, white, non-odorous flowers the last of June. 



White Fringe {Ckionanthus virginica), Fig. 129. — One 

 of the most beautiful of our flowering shrubs, with its some- 

 what stiff upright branches fringed with lace-like white 

 flowers. Its blossoms last but a short time, but the heavy 

 dark-green foliage is ornamental all summer. If planted 

 in too rich sojI it is sometimes winter- killed, and should be 

 grown rather slowly to cause a more thorough ripening of 

 the wood. 



Purple Fringe or Smoke Bush {Rhus Cotinus), Fig. 130. 

 • — The beautiful mass of filaments produced about the 

 flowers and fruit of this plant, often called " smoke " or 

 '' mist," is a most conspicuous and beautiful object in well- 

 grown specimens on the lawn or in the garden. To succeed 

 best it must be grown slowly; if forced into a rapid growth 

 in a rich border it is likely to be injured by cold and soon 

 die, while if grown more slowly in the lawn it often reaches 

 a large size, when it becomes a most beautiful object. 



Cut-leaved Sumac {R. glabra, var. laciniata). — This 

 is a cut-leaved form of our native smooth sumac. It takes 



