io4 Ornamental Shrubs. 



is also attractive ; it is much dwarfer, seldom growing 

 more than three feet in height, and very compact in habit. 

 It is more covered with thorns than the japonica type, and 

 the colors take on a different tone of reds and pinks than 

 do the older Japan quinces. Its various forms make 

 one of our most beautiful of recently introduced shrubs. 



It is to be regretted that with all their good qualities 

 these plants are not more freely used for hedges, as they 

 are certainly superior in many respects to the privets 

 which are now so freely employed. Their foliage takes 

 on various shades of color as the season advances, from 

 olive to pink, the latter appearing often in the new growth 

 after cutting back or trimming. Under such circum- 

 stances the hedge seems crowned with scarlet, answering 

 to the show of flowers in early springtime. Such a hedge 

 is not so easily broken down as those composed of less 

 thorny plants, nor will it require so much cutting as 

 though composed of shrubs disposed to larger propor- 

 tions. It may be as cheaply planted and as readily 

 grown, the cost of keeping in order being less. Besides, 

 the owner would have the satisfaction of breaking in upon 

 the monotony that now threatens the almost exclusive use 

 of a single type. 



PYRUS MALUS Flowering Apple Crab. 



THE apple blossom is always beautiful, and yet but 

 comparatively few persons think of growing the 

 tree simply as an ornament for field or garden. 

 Perhaps in the minds of some the very fact that the apple 

 is one of our most common as well as most useful fruits 



