NATIVE SHRUBS 



catum — Japanese Snowball. It is not a mistake 

 to plant varieties of Viburnums in great masses, 

 for they furnish a succession and profusion 

 of blooming from early May until July. The 

 fruit is so abundant in the autumn, the range in 

 color is so great, from brilliant scarlet to dark 

 blue and deep purple, and the autumnal color- 

 ing so varied in its tones of rich bronze, purple, 

 and red, that they are as ornamental in fruit as 

 in flower. 



The merits of the Cornels are many, and their 

 habits varied. Cornus florida — Flowering Dog- 

 wood — generally blooms before the leaves de- 

 velop. The small head of yellow-green flowers, 

 encircled by the whorl of four large, pure white 

 bracts, look like drifts of snow that have lin- 

 gered long in the lap of spring. The true flow- 

 ers are the least conspicuous of all the Cornels 

 and the only Cornel (except Cornus canadensis 

 — Bunchberry — which is an herb) that has the 

 great white involucre which gives the tree its 

 distinctive character. The tree is choice. It 

 grows well in the shade of other trees and the 

 beautiful oval leaves spread out to catch every 

 glimpse of sunlight. The head of flowers is suc- 

 ceeded by a bunch of scarlet fruit which con- 

 trasts strangely with the crimson tones of the 

 autumn foliage. The leaves of Cornus alterni- 

 folia — Alternate-leaved Dogwood — are inclined 



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