78 THE GOLD MINE 



are some beautiful specimens in my garden across the 

 road from where I write. The limbs are covered with 

 scarlet fruit. They are desirable as shrubs, with their 

 flowers in the spring, their rich foliage in summer, and 

 their showy berries in the autumn. When the leaves 

 fall the whole tree is simply ablaze with its profusion 

 of berries, giving a cheerful cast to the somber tints 

 and falling leaves. It is propagated from seeds, which 

 lie in the ground two years, and also from root offsets. 

 The European variety is worthless in the West. I 

 have had them kill to the ground. There is a creeping 

 type of the Euonymous extremely beautiful in the East, 

 with its richly variegated leaves, which, in favorable 

 localities, will stay on all winter. But it is of no use 

 in the West. T have tried it carefully under screen 

 of lath. It is bound to die. 



The Hydrangea. There are several species of this, 

 some of which make valuable house plants. But the 

 only one of any merit for out doors is the Paniculata 

 Grandiflora. 



There is probably no plant, shrub or bush that yields 

 such a profusion of immense flowers as this in propor- 

 tion to the height of the bush. The curious thing about 

 it is, it is not called hardy at the Kew gardens in the 

 mild climate of England, and it cannot endure the in- 

 tense heat and dry winters of our western plains, and 

 yet in Minneapolis and St. Paul it will grow to a small 

 sized tree, and be glorious with its great burden of 

 flowers. No yard is complete Avithout it. It seems 

 to do better planted in masses than when set out alone. 



