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cession as follows: prunifolia, Thunbergii, Cbmtoniensis, 

 trilobata, hypericifolia, aricefolia, idmifolia, Opulifolia, col- 

 losa, salicifolia, sorbifolia. 



Exochorda, K grandiflora. — A large, straggling shrub, 

 with slender, graceful branches, producing an abundance 

 of large, pure white flowers early in May which completely 

 cover the upper part of the plant. Very fine for growing 

 in dense thickets among dark-foliaged plants or near water 

 margins among other shrubs and climbers ; or, if well grown, 

 in small groups on a lawn. Ordinary garden soil. 



Corchorus, Kerria japonica. — A small, bushy plant with 

 smooth branches and thin ovate-lanceolate leaves. The 

 flowers are double, rather large and yellow, disposed in the 

 axils of the leaves. Shrubberies. 



White Corchorus, Rhodotypus kerrwides. — A very orna- 

 mental shrub of graceful habit with ovate-acuminate leaves 

 and large, white, axillary flowers in spring. Small groups 

 on the lawn. Shrubberies. 



Cinquefoil, PotentiHa fniticosa. — A dwarf and very 

 compact plant forming a globular mass two to three feet 

 high. Leaves pinnate, not large. Flowers in loose clusters 

 terminating the young lateral shoots, large, yellow, numer- 

 ous throughout the summer. A useful plant for rockeries, 

 border of shruberies and fur naturalizing in masses on rocky, 

 sunny banks. Thrives best in a good sandy loam. 



Flowering Raspberry, Rubus odoratus. — A fine, erect 

 shrub, three or four feet high, with palmately lobed, ob. 

 tu-e leaves. Flowers large, rose-colored, in clusters, and 

 produced throughout the summer. A shrub with very or- 

 namental foliage, for shrubberies, or as an undergrowth in 



