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be used for the filling of indoor boxes. For use in made-up baskets 

 for Christmas, you can take the smaller sizes; or, if you have boxes 

 to fill with conifers and evergreens, Euonymus will answer. Besides 

 it will take the place of valuable palms or ferns for church or wed- 

 ding decorations during the Winter months. E. japonica latifolia 

 aurea, and E. j. aurea marginata, are fine variegated forms, but 

 don't grow as rapidly as the other two. 



The Silver-leaved Euonymus (E. j. argentea), with light green 

 leaves, each with a white margin, makes a most desirable plant to 

 be used in a Christmas arrangement. Small plants in 2j/2-in. pots 

 are also most attractive and will come in handy for filling fern dishes. 

 Half-ripened cuttings root easily with a little bottom heat dur- 

 ing Winter, and nice little 2- or 2j/2-in. plants can be grown on for 

 the following Fall. 



HARDY SORTS FOR OUTDOOR USE 



Euonymus japonica, being evergreen in the South, is sometimes 

 used there as a hedge plant. E. radicans, another evergreen, is 

 fairly hardy even in northern sections; being a trailing or climbing 

 shrub it is a good substitute for Ivy where the latter is not suc- 

 cessful. 



The Strawberry Bush is a small tree or shrub much sought after 

 for the smaller home grounds. We find specimens in the border or 

 planted singly on the lawn. What makes these shrubs so attrac- 

 tive, is the scarlet pods that surround the pink fruits against the 

 background of bright green foliage. 



Euonymus alata is also an interesting shrub due to its branches 

 being "winged" or covered with corky ridges. Euonymus europsea 

 makes a fine, tall-growing shrub for the border and in Fall bears 

 many seeds contained in deep pink-colored capsules. E. atropurpurea, 

 the Burning Bush, is another strong-growing, hardy shrub, with bril- 

 liant scarlet fruit capsules. 



EUPATORIUM RIPARIUM 



The Eupatoriums, while making up a class of plants with nearly 

 4QO species, are not of great interest to the average florist. Still 

 there are three or four of them worthy of culture. Eupatorium 

 riparium grown from cuttings rooted in early Spring can be planted 

 out and potted up again in Fall; if grown on in a cool house it will 

 furnish useful cut flowers similar to those of Stevia. While the 

 flowers are not as graceful, they come in handy and the retail 

 grower can handle them to advantage in combination with other 

 flowers. E. Fraseri and E. ageratoides are both good perennials for 

 the border or to cut from, the little whitish flowers coming in dense 

 heads. E. ccelestinum, with blue flowers, is also hardy and flowers 

 in late Summer. 



Some seedsmen and nurserymen list certain Eupatori- 



