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in late summer. Its foliage turns orange or red in autumn. A plant for deep, 

 moist or peaty soils and sunny but not too exposed situations. Var. GRANDI- 

 FLORA has larger flowers, made more showy by purple filaments. 



STEWARTIA PSEUDO-CAMELLIA JAPANESE STEWARTIA 



A taller-growing species, often of tree-like habit, which has narrower leaves 

 and more open, usually smaller, flowers. 



Sryrax japonica JAPANESE SNOWBELL 



A large, hardy, deciduous shrub or small tree to some thirty feet in height, 

 of garden interest as a specimen or in mixed planting because of its outward- 

 thrusting, slender branches and profuse, hanging, white flowers. Its flowers 

 are showy when seen from below. 



Sumac — See Rhus 

 Sun-Rose — See Helianthemum 

 Sweet Bells — See Leucothoe racemosa 

 Sweet-Fern — See Comptonia 

 Sweet Gale — See Myrica 

 Sweet Gum — See Liquidambar 

 Sweetleaf — See Symplocos 

 Sweet-Shrub — See Calycanthus 



SYMPHORICARPUS ALBUS var. LAEVIGATUS GARDEN SnOWBERRT 



A well-known, six-foot, deciduous shrub which has the ability to advance 

 over large areas by suckering. When confined to a small clump, it is of interest 

 because of the prominent, white, autumn fruits which follow the somewhat in- 

 conspicuous pinkish flowers of late spring and summer. It could be let loose on 

 rough areas along roadsides in more built-up sections. 



X SYMPHORICARPUS CHENAULTII 



This upright-growing, well-furnished hybrid makes a distinctly better in- 

 dividual deciduous shrub than does S. orbiculatus. Its red-speckled fruits 

 appear in August. 



Symphoricarpus orbiculatus (S. Vulgaris) CoRALBERRT 



Another quick-spreading, deciduous shrub of greatest value where its 

 suckering proclivities can be put to some use. It can get up to six feet or 

 more in height and always puts on an annual show of prominent red fruits which 

 are enjoyed by birds. White and pink-fruited forms are in cultivation. 



SYMPLOCOS PANICULATA ASIATIC SWEETLEAF 



Though capable of growing to be forty feet in height, this shrubby, deciduous 

 tree is usually seen in cultivation as a plant perhaps one-third of that height. 

 It appears in gardens as a twiggy plant with interesting foliage, clusters of 

 small, fragrant, white flowers in June, and attractive bluish fruits in autumn. 

 After a few days, the berries are eaten by birds. 



x syringa chinensis (S. rothomagensis) 



A hybrid Lilac which seems to combine in a single plant the gracefulness of 

 S. persica and the floriferousness of S. vulgaris. A spreading shrub capable of 

 growing to a height of fifteen feet, and bearing intermediate-sized, lilac-purple, 

 slightly fragrant flowers in great profusion towards the end of May. This 



