Ornamental Sbrnbs. 245 



Sand Myrtle, Leiophyllum buxifolium. 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, Arctostapfiylos 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 

 (Gaultheria procumbens and G. Shallon) ; trailing arbutus 

 (Epigcea repens), a well known spring flowering plant with 

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



THE VEKVAIN FAMILY. 



Callicarpa, Callicarpa pupurea. A 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, Jasminum nudiflorum. This is a very attrac- 

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

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

 branches 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 



