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and when silhouetted against the sky or with snow as 

 a background they are especially noticeable. 



Among the plants with black berries the privets are 

 probably the most common 

 in cultivation. All the pri- 

 vets that are permitted to 

 grow in a sufficiently nat- 

 ural manner as to bear 

 flowers will also set an 

 abundance of berries. With 

 the severe pruning to which 

 the privets are usually sub- 

 jected there is little chance 

 for them to bear their 

 dainty but beautiful flow- 

 er clusters. The berries 

 are borne in clusters well 

 above the foliage as a rule. 

 Many do not realize that 

 the privets are good for 

 anything but hedges, but 

 they make beautiful shrubs 

 when permitted to grow 

 without being mutilated by 

 the pruning knife. They 

 vary in height from six or 

 seven feet to nearly or 

 quite thirty feet. 



Some of the other plants 

 with black berries are Vi- 

 burnums like the arrow- 

 wood, which is a native 

 shrub growing about six 

 feet high that in spring is 

 covered with clusters of 

 small white flowers follow- 

 ed by clusters of blue or 

 blue-black berries that 



hold on well into the fall. The black haw (Viburnum 

 prunifolium) is another though larger shrub that holds 

 its blue-black 

 berries well 

 after frost. 

 This shrub 

 attains a 

 height of fif- 

 teen or twenty 

 feet, but has 

 flowers similar 

 to the arrow- 

 wood and like 

 it i s a hand- 

 some plant 

 when in full 

 bloom. They 

 both flower in 



late spnng. CHINESE CHRISTMAS-BERRY 



There are a (^Photinia villosa) 



number of Oth- This is often combined with the Chinese Turquoise Berry and the Japanese Bittersweet and 

 er Viburnums '*'*^ make a very showy effect in October and November. The berries are like 



those of the Cotoneaster and the Juneberry, and feed the birds a long time. 



RED CHOKEBERRY 

 (,Aronia aubutifolia) 



This is a native shrub not often seen, laden with bright berries 

 all winter long. 



with blue-black or pinkish berries, but they ripen and 



fall before winter really comes. 



The white kerria or rhydotypus (Rhodotypus kerri- 



oides) is a shrub that bears 

 shiny jet black berries 

 singly all over the bush and 

 they hold on until the next 

 year's foliage is well ad- 

 vanced. The flowers are 

 white and about the size of 

 those of the philadelphus 

 or (mock-orange of the 

 northern states (Genus 

 Philadelphus), although 

 there are but four petals 

 as contrasted with the five 

 petals of the Philadelphus. 

 Its foliage is wrinkled and 

 a rather light green rather 

 similar in general eflFect to 

 that of the kerria. 



The bay berry (Myrica 

 cerifera) is a white berried 

 plant that holds its small 

 white fruit well into the 

 winter. .It is native on the 

 light lands near the sea- 

 coast and in these situa- 

 tions it is particularly abun- 

 dant. It is evergreen but 

 the white berries packed 

 closely along the stems are 

 rather conspicuous and 

 used in front of evergreens 

 the effect would be pleas- 

 ing. It is especially adapt- 

 ed to the coast regions and 



lighter lands. Plantings on heavier soil should be made 

 in an experimental way. In addition to the vines already 



mentioned 

 some of the 

 o r n a m e ntal 

 grapes or am- 

 p el o p s i s, as 

 they have been 

 called at differ- 

 ent times are 

 valuable for 

 their bluish 

 berries that 

 hold well into 

 the winter. 

 These berries 

 on the most 

 available form 

 Ampelopsishe- 

 t r e p h y 1 1 e 

 ( P s e d e r a 

 he t erophyla) 

 are white and 

 ])inkish heavily 



