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near the bluer-leaved spruces or firs. Its branches droop and 

 spread and its fruits, like those of the Tatarian honeysuckle, 

 are bright scarlet. Lonicera nitida is an evergreen honeysuckle, 

 and is held in high esteem for the beauty of its tiny shining 

 leaves, as well as for its perfect adaptability for use as a low 

 garden hedge in place of box. It may be clipped; like the other 

 honeysuckles it is perfectly hardy and it will grow anywhere. 

 Here too is Lonicera Maackii, with its large creamy flowers set 

 in rows along the upper side of each bough — a beautiful sight 

 in May. L. Morroivii is a tall and handsome kind, with very 

 light crimson fruit. 



As for the cotoneasters, those little relatives of the barberries, 

 they are in their fullest, brightest beauty as I write. Here is a 

 spray of Cotoneaster horizontalis before me in its October colors, 

 almost artificial-looking in its brilliance, its tiny ivy-green leaves, 

 every other one of a rich bronze color, its shining scarlet berries 

 set among these leaves, each little branch forking in a sudden 

 and arresting fashion characteristic of these shrubs. Each 

 variety of cotoneaster has its own beauty. C. adpressa, C. 

 Dielsianay C. horizontalis y C. perpusilla, C. racemiflora sanguinea 

 — each has its striking feature; some are dwarf, some tall; all 

 are handsome and worth cultivating. C Henryana is thus de- 

 scribed: "An evergreen shrub ten to twelve feet, with branches 

 gracefully pendulous. About the middle of June white flowers 

 appear in corymbs about three inches across. This shrub, a 

 native of Central China, was introduced in 1901 by E. H. Wilson. 

 It is probably the largest-leaved of all the cotoneasters, with 

 persistent leaves, and is a very handsome and distinct evergreen 

 shrub." 



The Pyracanthas are allied to the cotoneasters and quite as 

 beautiful as those. Pyracantha Gihhsii is a Wilson introduction 

 from China, with bright berries rather late ripening and par- 



