APPENDIX 



SEVENTY-FIVE SHRUBS USEFUL FOR PLANTING 



[With notes on their height, color, time of blooming, etc.] 



Alder, white (Clethra alnifolia) : 4-10 feet ; white ; summer ; flowers very 

 fragrant. 



Almond, flowering (Prunus Japonica) : 3-5 feet ; pinkish ; spring. 



Ash, prickly (Zanthoxylum Americanum) : 6-8 feet ; yellowish ; spring. 



Azalea (Azalea nudiftora) : 6-15 feet ; pink ; spring. 



Barberry (Berberis vulgaris) : 4-7 feet ; yellow ; spring ; stems thorny ; 

 fruit scarlet, persisting into the winter ; used for jelly. 



Barberry, Japanese (Berberis Thunbergii) : 2-4 feet ; yellowish ; spring ; 

 thorny stems ; fruit scarlet, in small clusters, persistent ; much used for 

 low hedges. 



Barberry, purple (Berberis vulgaris var. purpurea) : 4-6 feet ; yellowish ; 

 spring ; leaves purple-tinged ; used for hedges. 



Bladder nut (Staphylea trifolia) : 6-12 feet ; white ; spring ; pods large, 

 three-angled, inflated ; flowers in racemes. 



Box (Buxus sempervirens) : 4-6 feet ; greenish ; spring ; leaves small, ever- 

 green ; much used for hedges. 



Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) : 8-12 feet ; whitish ; spring ; thorny and 

 much used for hedges ; fruit black. 



Buffalo berry (Shepherdia argentea) : 6-8 feet ; yellowish ; late spring ; fruit 

 red, edible ; leaves silvery-scaly beneath. 



Burning bush (Euonymus atropurpureus) : 8-12 feet ; purplish-red ; early 

 summer ; fruit pale pink, at length splitting and showing the scarlet aril 

 which surrounds the seed. 



Button bush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) : 4-10 feet ; white ; summer ; flow- 

 ers in globular heads, fragrant ; good for planting in wet places. 



Chokeberry (Pyrus arbutifolid) : 3-8 feet ; pinkish ; early summer. 



Cinquefoil, shrubby (Potentillafruticosa) : 1-3 feet ; yellow ; early summer; 

 foliage grayish ; does well in dry situations. 



Coralberry (Symphoricarpos vulgaris) : 2-4 feet ; pink ; summer ; fruit coral 

 red ; plant desirable for dry banks ; spreads by stolons. 



Crab, wild (Pyrus coronaria) : 8-15 feet; pink; early summer; fruit fra- 

 grant, hard, and sour ; used for preserves. 



Cranberry, high-bush (Viburnum opulus) : 6-12 feet; white; late spring; 

 fruit red, persistent ; regarded as the parent of the snowball tree. 



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