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large one, but only half a dozen hardy varieties are 

 thoroughly well suited to lawn planting. The common 

 snowball ( Viburnum opulus) is, perhaps, one of the most 

 generally useful on the lawn, because it is fine, singly or in 

 mass. It grows vigorously, and is broad, and bears numer- 

 ous balls of snow-white blossoms. The only serious fault it 

 has is an openness 

 of foliage or naked- 

 ness of stern that 

 makes it less effec- 

 tive when planted 

 singly than it would 

 otherwise be. 



As a June-flower- 

 ing viburnum, how- 

 ever, there is nothing 

 like the Japan snow- 

 ball ( Viburnum pli- 

 catuni), already spo- 

 ken of in the high- 

 est terms elsewhere. 

 Dark green and glos- 

 sy leaves, crinkled and compact, especially if well pruned, 

 and large white balls of flowers, persistently retained on 

 the plant for weeks, are, as we have also seen, its distin- 

 guishing characteristics. Good judges have commended 

 this plant as in many senses the best of deciduous shrubs. 



Another June-flowering shrub of considerable merit 

 should not be neglected. Lycium larbarum, etc., is an old 

 plant, but very pretty, especially when trailing over rock- 



VIBURNUM OPULUS. 



