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Ornamental Shrubs. 



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ish purple in the winter, and are very effective in such 

 situations. In fact, there is scarcely any shrub that makes 

 a better appearance on the lawn, taking the year as a 

 whole, than this. As a hedge-plant it is even more 



especially desirable. 

 It is true that its 

 growth is slow and it 

 takes some time to 

 secure a good stand, 

 but when the result 

 is obtained nothing 

 in the line of hedges 

 is more beautiful. 

 The branches are 

 small, numerous, 

 compact, and run into 

 each other to such an 

 extent that the whole 

 line appears as 

 though it might be a 

 single growth. In 

 spring and summer, 

 the glossy foliage is 

 covered with fragrant white flowers, followed by bright or- 

 ange or scarlet berries which add much to its attractiveness. 

 C. p. lalandii is a variety with larger leaves, and even more 

 beautiful, but, unfortunately, like the type in the North, it 

 is not entirely hardy. The evergreen thorns cannot be re- 

 lied upon beyond the limits of southern New England. 

 C. pyracantha cuneata is cultivated under the name of 



CRATVEGUS SPATHULATA. 



