THE CANADIAN HORTICULTrRIST. 



white above and a 

 silvery white on the 

 under side, which 

 shines in the sun. 



I 2. Eleagntis nnibel- 

 lata — The female 

 plants of this variety 

 are a grand sight to 

 see when in fruit, the 

 leaves are silvery 

 white like the rest of 

 its class ; the fruit is 

 eatable, oi a reddish 

 amber color about like 

 currants in size ; flow- 

 ers small and yellow- 

 ish, not showy. Plants 

 can be kept down by 

 trimming to 7 or 8 

 feet in height. 



13. Enonymus Eiiro- 

 poeiis ( European straw- 

 berry tree)-This shrub 

 will grow to about 10 

 feet in height ; should 



be kept as a single specimen plant, which white bell-like flowers, will grow to small 

 makes it more attractful when bare of leaves sized trees, 10 or 12 feet high ; there is no 

 in the fall ; about the first frosts the seed plant prettier when in bloom about the mid- 

 pods begin to open, exhibiting their straw- die of May ; blooms before the leaves ex- 

 berry colored seeds which remain on the pand ; belongs to Southern States, 

 plants all winter, making them pretty objects 17. Hibiscus syriactis — Althaea (Rose of 



standing among the snow ; flowers small, Sharon) — It will grow to 10 feet high ; 

 chocolate color. extremely useful on account of their late 



14. Exochorda grandijlora — From China, flowering; they bloom profusely at a season 

 hardy here, a most beautiful shrub, bearing oi the year when but few shrubs are in 

 white flowers in clusters, very showy, about in bloom, 1st August. There are double 

 6 feet high — one of the best. and single flowering varieties. The follow- 



15. Forsythia Forhinei, var. suspensa, ing will be found as good as any H. var. 

 and var. viridissiina (Golden Bells) — From Carnation, double white striped red ; H. var. 

 China; the three varieties are hardy here, in Co^rula, double blue ; H. var. Lady Stanley, 

 bloom end of April or first of May ; a grand double white, tinged pink ; H. var. Varie- 

 shrub covered with bright golden bells be- gatus, leaves beautifully variegated. 



fore leafing out ; blooms here the second 18. Hydrangea pantcnlafa grandijlora, 



time in the fall. grows from 5 to 6 feet, but should be kept 



16. Halesia diptera, and H. tetraptera cut back to within 4 or 6 inches of the old 

 (Silver Bells) — This plant becomes a mass of stem or trunk each spring, and only leave 



Fig. 2o5i. Exochorda Grandiflora. 



