Shrubs and Vines 



Roses are too familiar to require extended notice in 

 this review ; but allusion should be made to one that is 

 peculiarly adapted for broad landscape-effect by being 

 cultivated in dense masses, which is exceptional in this 

 class of shrubs. This is the Rosa rugosa, justly popular 

 for its unusually fine, vivid foliage, large pink single 

 blossoms, and conspicuous bright-red *' hips" ; being es- 

 pecially hardy, easily cultivated, and disposed to spread, 

 it can be massed effectively on extensive grounds, as 

 well as trained into detached shrubs. Among the sev- 

 eral varieties will be found single and double flowers, 

 rose-red or white ; but emphasis should be laid on its 

 rich foliage quite as much as on the blossom. 



A genus containing several valuable species, the best 

 of which come from Japan, is the barberry. As a class 

 they are prickly, with small leaves, yellow flowers, and 

 bright-red berries remaining far into or through the 

 winter. Some of them are quite dwarfish and are 

 massed effectively in broad clumps ; others are four to 

 eight feet high. Although of delicate figure, they ad- 

 mit of better treatment on spacious grounds where they 

 can form a dense, ample growth. There are few types 

 of vegetation so distinctive as the barberry — a delicate, 

 hardy ornamentation, attractive the year round. The 

 peculiar vaporous green of the opening buds is a charm- 

 ing sight in spring, and its refinement of foliage is quite 

 as important a feature as its pretty clusters of small yel- 

 low flowers. 



Spiraeas, on the contrary, find their most effective 

 feature in the bloom, which is of so characteristic a type 

 as to be easily recognized amid all the numerous species, 



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