Ornamental Sbrubs. 245 



Sand Myrtle, LeiophyUv/m bwdfolium. — A dwarf, ever- 

 green plant of pine barrens, with oval leaves, very minute, 

 and white flowers in early summer. Fine for patches in 

 rockeries or naturalized in sandy soil. 



Bearberry, Arctostapkylos Uva-ursi. — A low, trailing 

 plant with obovate, evergreen leaves forming mats of dark, 

 smooth foliage. The flowers are racemose and white. A 

 nice trailing plant for rockeries and shady hillsides. 



The following dwarf, trailing shrubs grow in shady 

 woods among the fallen leaves and are fine for similar posi- 

 tions in thickets and shrubberies : Creeping wintergreen 

 {GavMheria procumbens and G. Shall oii); trailing arbutus 

 (Epigoea repeni), a well known spring flowering plant with 

 beautiful white or rosy-red, sweet-scented flowers. 



THE VERVAIN FAMILY. 



Callicarpa, Callicarpa pupwrea.—K small, beautiful 

 shrub with hairy, ovate-acuminate leaves, inconspicuous 

 flowers, and numerous small violet berries set in clusters 

 all along the branches in winter. Fine in shrubberies. 

 Moderately good soil. 



THE OLIVE FAMILY. 



Jasmine, Jasmin urn h ihlijiorinn. — This is a very attrac- 

 tive, rambling shrub with small, termite leaves and numer- 

 ous yellow flowers on the bare branch, late in winter. The 

 blanches are green, and effective on this account. It may 

 be. grown either as a climbing shrub for covering trellises 

 on a wall, or as a specimen among evergreen trees or shrubs, 

 where its masses of bright yellow flowers early in the season 



