356 List of Shrubs 



grant, white, small flowers (May, June), followed by bright blue berries 

 in September, which form its chief attraction. 



VARIOUS SHRUBS (Alphabetically Arranged) 



Acer, Maple, see Trees [List C]. 



Aesculus, Buckeye or Ho se-chestmU. See Trees [List B]. 



Aralia, Angelica Tree, Hercules Club, see Trees [List B.] 



Alnus, Alder, see Trees [List C]. 



Althea, see Hibiscus. 



Ash (Fraxinus), see Trees [List B]. 



Baccharis. B. hamilifolia Linn. (144), Groundsel, a tall to medium 

 shrub (twelve feet or less), belonging to the Thistle family, native from 

 New England south, is most useful for its adaptation to the seashore and 

 salt marshes and almost any other situation. It is ornamental in some de- 

 gree, by virtue of the dark, lustrous, persistent foliage, the terminal, dense 

 panicles of small yellow flowers on the male specimens, and the very showy, 

 snow-white, long hairy pappus on the females, the sexes appearing on 

 different individuals. It is also adapted to dry, rocky places as well as 

 to the seashore, and to give woodsy effect. It prefers sunny situations. 



Berberis (Mahonia). Barberry. Some hundred species and several 

 varieties of low shrubs, natives of Europe, Asia, and America; foliage, 

 flower, and fruit being decorative. The leaf stems are more or less 

 beset with small spines, making them hard to handle. The leaves in 

 the Mahonia group are often fluted or crinkly, holly-like, holding their 

 color well, some of them evergreen, and all retaining their leaves long, 

 and assuming various gorgeous autumn hues. The early flowers are 

 small, and of yellow hues. The fruit, scarlet or crimson, blue or black, 

 hangs on long into winter, and, being acid, makes an excellent preserve. 

 They are very adaptive to soils, in fact thrive better in dry than in moist 

 soils, endure shade well, and are hardy to semi-hardy. A rust fungus 

 (wheat rust) makes them the host plant for one phase of its existence, 

 but is not destructive. They are excellent for low hedges, and as filler 

 and accent shrubs. 



B. Canadensis Mill. (145), the native dwarf (one to three feet) from 

 the southern Alleghanies, and — 



B. vulgaris Linn. (146), the European Barberry (six to ten feet), 

 show few differences, except that the latter is larger and more pro- 

 nounced in all its characteristics, — bristly leaves, bright flowers, and 



