A GARDEN OF 



grows to be ten, twelve, or fifteen feet tall, it is 

 better adapted for locations in the rear of the 

 grounds than for a more central position. 



Viburnum opulus, better known in country 

 neighborhoods as High-bush Cranberry, is a 

 shrub of very easy culture. It is a near rela- 

 tive of the Viburnum more commonly known 

 as Snowball or Guelder-rose. In that well- 

 known variety the whole cyme is turned into 

 a showy mass of sterile flowers, and no fruit is 

 ever produced. The native variety is quite as 

 attractive as the cultivated kind as regards habit 

 of growth and foliage. In fall it is far more 

 attractive, for the leaves change from green 

 to pale yellow and red. But the most attrac- 

 tive feature of the plant is its great clusters of 

 bright crimson berries, which generally remain 

 on the branches all winter. We have no better 

 plant for the winter decoration of the lawn. 

 Its berries are quite as brilliantly effective as 

 any flowers could be, and especially so when the 

 chief color in the landscape is white, whose con- 

 trast throws them into vivid relief. The great 

 value of the shrub will be readily recognized 

 by those who have given some study to the 

 selection of plants suitable for the winter dec- 

 oration of the grounds about the dwelling. In 



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