Shrubs 115 



List of Plants 

 shrubs used in the border given 



I — Hypericum prolificum: St. John's wort; usually three feet 

 high — varies; any soil, sun or shade; dense-growing with 

 glossy, dark green leaves ; flowers yellow, large and numerous ; 

 blossoms continuously from July on through September. 



2 — Deutzia gracilis, rosea: dwarf Deutzia; four feet high; any soil, 

 sun or shade; flowers white, tinged with pink, in long loose 

 clusters ; blossoms in May. 



3 — Lonicera Morrowi: Japanese bush honeysuckle ; six feet high; 

 any garden soil; flowers white, turning to yellowish; blos- 

 soms in May; covered with handsome ruby berries from 

 late in July on. 



4 — Diervilla, Eva Rathke: hybrid Weigela; six to eight feet 

 high; branches erect but arching and spreading; likes a 

 rather moist soil and prefers partial shade; shade is not 

 essential, however ; quantities of deep carmin'e-red flowers ; 

 blossoms in June and on during the summer. 



5 — Forsythia suspensa, Fortunei: golden bells; three feet high; 

 any soil; upright growing with low arching branches; 

 yellow flowers along every branch and twig; blossoms 

 before the leaves appear in earhest spring; fohage dark 

 green, clean and attractive. 



6 — Hibiscus Syriacus: Rose of Sharon; twelve feet high; any 

 soil; erect, almost stiff, upright growth; blossoms from 

 July on through September. 



a — variety Due de Bretagne, rose-colored flowers. 



l) — variety Joan of Arc, pure white, very double flowers. 



y — Syringa vulgaris: common lilac; twelve feet high or more; 

 any ordinary soil; familiar lilac-colored flowers; blossoms 

 usually about the middle of May on into June. 



