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species\ of Dogwood, Cornus siberica, with its 

 bright red bark a pretty sight all winter, the 

 Lutea, the yellow-twigged Dogwood, and the 

 Golden Elder desirable for its bright yellow foli- 

 age; also the Purple Leaved Primus, and others. 



First in order, we will mention some of the better 

 known and taller Shrubs, adapted to background 

 planting. There is the popular Philadelphus or 

 Mock Orange, the Lilacs, the Deutzia variety 

 known as Pride of Rochester, the various Dog- 

 woods, the Altheas or Rose of Sharon, the Elders, 

 Prunus, and Forsythia or Golden Bell, with its 

 wealth of bright yellow flowers in early spring 

 before the forming of the foliage. 



Next in order, we will list as of medium height, 

 the Coralberry and Snowberry, heretofore men- 

 tioned, Viburnum or Snowball, Spirea Van Houtti, 

 Kerria or Globe Flower, the Hydrangeas arbor- 

 escens and paniculata, the Bush Honeysuckles and 

 the Weigela, and we are not going to overlook that 

 old fashioned, sweet scented shrub of our grand- 

 mothers' gardens; the Allspice or Calycanthus. 



Now for the low growing sorts for foreground 

 planting. We have Spirea Anthony Waterer with 

 its myriad of tiny rose colored bloom in June 

 and July, the lovely white Deutzia gracilis, bloom- 

 ing at about Memorial Day and the Dwarf Bush 

 Cranberry. To these three outstanding low 

 varieties we will add, 'by way of color variation, the 



