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Europe, is one of the hardiest, most frugal, early bloomers, rarely over 

 two feet, and spreading; with dark green leaves, a profusion of fragrant, 

 lilac-purple flowers in threes, arriving with the very earliest breath of 

 spring (February to April), long before the coming of the leaves, fol- 

 lowed in June by large, bright red berries (very poisonous), which 

 remain until fall. This is one of the most satisfactory ornaments for 

 a small garden. Although thoroughly hardy, and not particular as to 

 soil, exposure, and surroundings when once established, it requires 

 care to propagate. 



* D. aieorum Linn. (159), Garland Flower, is another dainty dwarf, 

 also from Europe, as satisfactory as the foregoing, if not better, from 

 which it differs in being evergreen, with dark, glossy leaves and trailing 

 branches, resembling the Trailing Arbutus, and producing its fragrant 

 lilac flowers not only early (April, May), but continuing to blossom 

 into the summer, and often repeating a full flower show in the fall. 



D. laureola Linn. (160), Spurge Laurel, another bushy evergreen 

 dwarf from Europe, less hardy than the preceding, with attractive, 

 laurel-like leaves, but without showy or fragrant flowers, is exceedingly 

 shade-enduring, hence well adapted for underplanting. 



Euonymus. Of the forty of this genus, some seven species, American, 

 European, and Asiatic, recommend themselves especially by reason of 

 their pretty fruit, and their interesting corky, green, and gray bark, and 

 well-shaped outline, though somewhat stiff in habit. Their shade- 

 endurance fits them for underplanting; they are hardy and frugal, grow- 

 ing in almost any but thriving best in well-watered soil. They are, as a 

 rule, hardy into Canada. Some of them grow into small trees, others 

 are climbers, some are evergreen. They are best adapted to shrub- 

 beries, but also make pleasing individuals in small places. 



E. Americanus Linn. (161), Strawberry Tree, ranging from New York 

 south, is really only a small, straggling bush, five to eight feet high, 

 with very showy, crimson, or scarlet fruit. 



E. atropurpurea Jacq. (162), Burning Bush, or Wahoo, also of Amer- 

 ican habitat from Canada to Florida, a shrub or tree (six to fifteen feet 

 high), has dark purple flowers, followed by the showiest scarlet fruit, 

 hanging long into winter. 



E. EuropcEus Linn. (163), Spindletree, or Pope's Hat, the latter name 

 from its pale red to orange fruit in the shape of a cardinal's hat, 

 resembles the former, the fruit being, however, more orange in color. 

 Grows into tree form. 



