Ornamental Shrubs, Vines, Etc. 241 



Cranberry-shrub {Vihiirmon Opulus). — A native shrub 

 with numerous conspicuous sterile flowers intermixed with 

 the fertile ones, followed by bright red or scarlet fruit that 

 hangs on the branches nearly all winter. It is hardy and 

 succeeds under nearly all conditions. The variety with all 

 sterile flowers is known as the Common Snowball Bush, 

 but this is so subject to the attack of insects that it has been 

 discarded for the Japanese species. 



Japanese Snowball (F. tomentosum, var. plicatum), Fig. 

 135- — The leaves of this shrub are of a bright green color and 

 with a beautifully plicated or plaited surface; the sterile 

 flowers are borne in large clusters, are pure white, very per- 

 fect, and much superior to those of the native snowball 

 bush. It is difficult to transplant when of large size, but 

 young shrubs can be transplanted with little or no difi&culty. 



Hairy Viburnum (V. tomentosum). — This has rather more 

 beautiful and large panicles with only a few large white 

 sterile bracts in each. It is rather more effective on the 

 lawn than the snowball. 



Roses 



More people appreciate the beauty and value of the rose 

 than that of any other flower, but comparatively few suc- 

 ceed in growing it to its greatest perfection. It succeeds 

 best in a deep rich soil, rather moist and of somewhat a 

 clayey nature. :More persons fail in growing the rose from 

 not making the soil rich enough than from any other 

 cause. 



Perhaps the best line of treatment is to spade the bed i8 

 to 24 inches deep, working in a layer 6 inches thick of fine 

 rotted cow manure and leaf mould to the full depth, and every 

 fall banking up against each plant a foot or more with coarse 

 stable manure for protection. In the spring this manure 

 should be spread on the surface of the bed and spaded in 



