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in August; branches slender and later weighted with 

 quantities of pinkish-purple berries. 



2 Philadelphus Lemoniei, Avalanche: hybrid mock orange; 

 six feet high ; any well drained soil ; will grow under trees : 

 branches arching and graceful; flowers white, showy, along 

 the length of the branches, very fragrant ; blossoms in June. 



3 Calycanthus floridus: sweet shrub, Carolina allspice or straw- 

 berry shrub; six feet high; any well drained soil, sun or 

 shade; solitary brown flowers, very fragrant; blossoms in 

 June; branches and leaves also fragrant. 



4 Clethra alnifolia: sweet pepperbush or white alder; eight to 

 ten feet high; likes a moist soil such as woods afford, but 

 does well in border; small white flowers in spikes, showy 

 and fragrant ; blossoms in July and on through September. 



5 Benzoin odoriferum: spice bush; twelve feet high; any soil; 

 tiny yellow flowers along the naked branches; blossoms in 

 March or as soon as frost is gone ; very fragrant, wood and 

 leaves also aromatic. 



SHRUBS IN BORDER OF THREE VARIETIES 



i Rhus typhina: staghorn sumach; eight to twelve feet high; 



any soil; fine glossy foliage, brilliant autumn color and 



characteristic "sumach bobs" all winter. 

 2 Sambucus Canadensis: common elderberry; six to eight feet 



high; any soil; flat clusters of white flowers, familiar; 



blossoms in early June; berries tiny, black, edible. 

 3 Rhus aromatica: fragrant sumach; low-growing usually, three 



to four feet high, or less; spreading as an undergrowth; 



fine autumn color and foliage velvety in texture and attrac- 

 tive always. 



