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ing rough, unsightly places, and being a persistent sprouter it main- 

 tains itself readily. It prefers sunny situations. 



Most of the other species are smaller, more compact shrubs. The 

 dwarf forms are especially handsome for rockeries, and some make fine 

 tub plants. 



C. capitaius, Scop. (95), from Europe, excels in its large flowers in 

 summer; C. nigricans Linn. (95a) in its blooming twice a year; C. albiis 

 Linn. (95^), in its white flowers; C. purpureus Scop. (95c), in its 

 purple blood flowers and its prostrate forni. 



Desmodium (Lespedeza). Tick Trefoil or Bush Clover. For late 

 flowering shrubs (September, October), nothing finer can be found 

 than the two species of this genus from Japan, both of which are 

 hardy, and easily grown; with pinnate leaves of three leaflets and 

 small purple or white flowers. For best effect they should be cut 

 back to the root every winter, when they throw out many stems in 

 the spring. 



* D. pendiiliflorum Oudera. (Sieboldi) (96) is a gracefully pendulous 

 bush, native of Japan, with rather large, deep rose to purple flowers, 

 continuing to bloom until winter. 



* D. Japonicum Hort. (97), from Japan and China, is a lower shrub 

 (two to four feet), with similar pendulous branches, but pure white 

 blossoms and lighter foliage. 



Laburnum, Golden Chain, see Trees (List B). 

 Lespedeza, see Desmodium. 

 Robinia, Locust, see Trees (List B). 

 Sophora, see Trees (List B). 



ROSE FAMILY (ROSiECEAE) 



This is one of the largest, to which, besides the roses, belong most 

 of our common fruit trees — apples, pears, cherries, and hawthorns, 

 which all have the familiar rose flower, usually small and single, but 

 sometimes double and in heads, and the colored fruit various, hips, 

 apples, or berries. 



Amelanchier, Shadbush, Juneberry, see Trees (List C). 



Crateegus, Hawthorn, see Trees [List C]. 



Cotoneaster, a genus of some twenty-five species from Europe, Asia, 

 and Africa, furnishes a few very hardy, handsome shrubs, some of 

 them evergreen, with ornamental fruit, which hangs on through the 



