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both desirable broad-leaved evergreens. The former grows to a 

 height of four and even six feet, and is sometimes pruned or 

 sheared into fanciful shapes. The latter is a fine edging or border 

 plant in common use. Neither of them flower, and, to some per- 

 sons the odor is objectionable. 



CalycantJms lavigavas Floridus, etc. (sweet-scented shrub), are 

 prized for the highly-scented inconspicuous flowers, which are 

 often gathered and put into clothes-drawers to impart their per- 

 fume. The Floridus is sometimes called Carolina allspice. They 

 are very free-growing, branching plants, three to four feet high, 

 flowering from June to August. There is a native variety in 

 nearly all of our forests. , / 



ChionatJius Virginica (White Fringe) is almost a tree, growing 

 15 to 20 feet high, but flowers when it has attained the height :)f 

 six or eight feet. The foliage is rather ornamental, but the gra<e- 

 ful flower stem of six to twelve inches in length, loaded with its 

 white flowers, gives it a fringed and attractive appearance. H is 

 not as easily grown as most other shrubs, and is often grafed 

 npon small white ash trees. | 



CratcBgus or Flowering Thyrn. — There are several specie! of 

 this early and profuse flowering shrub, and one variety, the 0. 

 ])yracantha, retains its foliage during the winter. Most of the 

 flowers are white, appearing in clusters in May, but the C. o:ya- 

 canlha, or Hawthorn, has single red, double red, and double wiite 

 flowers. This and some other siDccies attain the size of small t'ees 

 when growing alone, and are much used for hedges, especiallj^ in 

 England. 



Cydonia Jajpordca, often called Pynis Ja^onica (Japan Quiice) 

 shows its bright clusters of scarlet flowers in April, before the 

 leaves have attained much size. When in full flower it is )ne 

 blaze of bloom, which none can fail to admire, and being extreuBly 

 hardy, and readily grown from layers or suckers, it is a very desra- 

 ble shrub, usually growing three to four feet high, though i is 

 sometimes seen six or eight feet high. It is of rather slow growh, 

 spreading in habit, and begins to flower quite young. 



Daphne mezerium (Pink Mezereon) is one of the earliest flower- 

 ing shrubs, the bloom appearing in April before the leaves, ani 

 on this account should be transplanted very early in spring, or h 

 the fall. The clusters of fragrant pink flowers are followed b; 

 scarlet berries. Grows from four to six feet high. \ 



Deutzia, scabra, crenata, gracilis, etc., are very tlesirable free- 



