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Flowering ^Shrubs 



AZALLA, continued 



Pinxter Flower. A. nudiflora. One of the rarest 

 gems of our woodlands. It is an open and 

 graceful shrub bearing a profusion of bright pink 

 flowers in May, as the leaves appear. We offer 

 it by the hundred for planting in masses. 



Southern. A. Vaseyi. This rare and new species 

 from the North Carolina mountains is particu- 

 larly charming with its delicate shell-pink flowers. 

 One of the most beautiful of recent introduction. 



Swamp. A. viscosa. When passing low, moist 

 ground in midsummer, the perfume of the white 

 flowers of this shrub is plainly noticeable. 



BAYBILRRY (Wax Myrtle) 



Myrica cerifera 



A rich dark green bush of rounded form, a slow 

 grower, reaching 9 feet in height. For clothing 

 sterile hills, bluffs and sand-dunes, it is unequaled. 



BARBERRY. Berberis 



European. B. vulgaris. An European species 

 that has established itself on rocky hillsides. It 

 is an upright, graceful shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, 

 ornamented during autumn and early winter 

 with clusters of red berries. 



Purple. B. vulgaris, var. purpurea. One of the 

 best shrubs with purple folinge. The young 

 shoots are bright red, and in May it has drooping 

 racemes of small yellow flowers. 



Japanese. B. Thunbergi. There is always need 

 at the borders of shrubbery for a plant that will 

 keep its foliage close to the ground. Berberis 

 Thunbergi makes so close a mass of twigs that 

 even in winter it fulfils this purpose. The foli- 

 age is a glossy bright green, turning to scarlet in 

 autumn, and its coral berries hang on all winter. 

 It thrives on all soils. A valuable hedge plant. 



Flowers of Azalea nudiflora. 



BUTTON BUSH. Cephalanthus occidentalis 



A useful shrub from the fact that it will thrive 

 where the roots are covered with water in winter 

 and spring, or on upland. The large leaves are 

 dark green, and in midsummer it has white flowers 

 in the shape of a button-ball. Form rounded, 

 height 6 feet. Particularly appropriate in wild 

 planting about ponds and lakes. 



Hedge of Japanese Barberry. (Berberis ThunDergi.) 



