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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



ture of sage green and suggestion of brown with reddish 

 tinge to the midrib and larger veins, the whole foliage be- 

 coming nmre markedly red late in the season. It bears 

 small white flowers in large corymbs in early spring. 



Another unusual and attractive plant is the strawberry 

 tree (Arbutus uncdo). It attains a height of fifteen feet, 

 has glossy. <lark green foliage and bears white bell-shaped 

 flowers in abundance that are followed by red fruits that 

 hang on until late the following winter. 



THE BEAUTIFUL JAPAN OLEASTER 



With their lovely silvery undersized leaves the oleasters give de- 

 cided variety from the invariable dark shades of the ever- 

 greens. 



Throughout the north the Virburnums are among the 

 most useful of deciduous shrubs, including several native 

 species of great attraction as well as the commoii show- 

 ball, a double form of a European species. In addition 

 there are two Japanese varieties that are deservedly pop- 

 ular. " But for the South there are three evergreen spe- 

 cies'that are even more attractive than their deciduous 

 refatives. Probably the best is the laurustinus {Viburnum 

 tinus), which attains a height of ten feet with medium- 

 sized, glossy leaves. The red buds begin to appear in 

 November and R^ep getting larger and redder through 

 the winter, "bpening^ about February into creamy white, 

 fragrant flowers that remain open a long time. Two other 



good species are V. stispensum and V. odoratis simian. 



Another valuable genus of plants for planting with 

 those already mentioned are the Japan oleasters because 

 the foliage gives variety from the dark greens so much 

 mentioned. Simon's oleaster {Elacagnus simoni), is sil- 

 very on the under side and when the leaves are moved 

 in the wind it makes a very attractive contrast to the dark 

 tone of many of the evergreens. Elacagnus pungcns has 

 this same characteristic, as does also Elacagnus mo- 

 crophylla which has large leaves with wavy edges. Two 

 small leaved varieties without so characteristic an under 

 color are E. microphylla and E. buxifolia. 



The Japanese Pittosporum {Pittosporum tobira), is a 

 representative of a large group of plants used effectively 

 in California. It succeeds well in the South and is well 

 worthy of culture as it can be used as a hedge or where- 

 ever severe pruning might be required, as well as for a 

 specimen in the open. 



The Japanese Nandina (Nandina domestica) is anoth- 



CREEPING EUONYMOUS USED AS A GROUND COVER 



This is the dwarf form of the plant which is often used in fore 

 ground planting or for low borders or hedges. 



er plant that will relieve the severity of too much dark 

 green. It has several reed-like stems from the same root, 

 the young leaves being tinged with red while the winter 

 foliage is bronze. The flowers are white followed by 

 bright red berries that hang on all winter. 



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