NATIVE SHRUBS 



Cornus alba — Red Stemmed Dogwood — has 

 brilliant blood-red stems in winter. Cornus 

 stolonifera — Red-Osier Dogwood — has red stems 

 but less vivid ; and there is also a yellow-stemmed 

 variety. The twigs of Cornus haileyi — Bailey's 

 Dogwood — and Cornus asperifoUa — Rough- 

 Leaved Dogwood — are reddish brown; those of 

 Cornus circinata — round-leaved dogwood — and 

 Cornus aUernifolia — Alternate-Leaved Dogwood 

 — are green, and Cornus amomum dull purple. 

 The effect of these brilliant stems against a 

 hedge of somber green Hemlock or a mass of 

 snow is really striking. A most artistic shrub 

 in some situations is the common American Elder 

 — Sambucus canadensis.. It may be used in 

 various combinations. Its profusion of creamy 

 flowers, and later its masses of shining red- 

 dish-purple berries, used with wild roses, pro- 

 duce effects that give pleasure in almost any 

 situation. 



Sambucus racemosa — Red-berried Elder — 

 blooms very early, and in midsummer is often 

 a mass of great clusters of brilliant scarlet 

 berries. 



In May the hills are flushed with the rose- 

 pink flowers of the Cercis canadensis, or Amer- 

 ican Judas-Tree. The flowers are pea-shape^ 

 and as soon as they lose some of their brilliancy 

 the exquisite green of the young leaves appears. 



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