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Privet, continued 



Ibota. Ligustrum Ibota. From New York 

 northward, especially inland and about 

 Boston, this Privet is rapidly taking the 

 place of the California Privet because it is 

 perfectly hardy. The California Privet 

 winter-kills to some extent here in severe 

 winters, but as it jumps up 3 feet by mid- 

 summer, that fault is forgotten. It is native 

 to the coast of Japan and thrives best 

 along the coast here. The Ibota Privet is 

 similar to California Privet in rapidity of 

 growth, habit and density of foliage. It is, 

 however, not quite so dark green in color. 

 It holds its foliage with a bright green 

 color till late in autumn, while the Cali- 

 fornia Privet turns to a bronze-green and 

 holds it farther into the winter. We are 

 endeavoring to introduce this Privet into 

 extensive culture, believing that it is supe- 

 rior to the California Privet where a tall 

 hedge or mass of shrubbery over 6 feet high 

 is wanted with no risk of winter-killing. 

 Prostrate. L. Ibota, var. Regelianum. This 

 variety has all the good qualities of the 

 latter and, in addition, has a very distinct 

 habit of growth. The branches arch out- 

 ward and down to the ground in graceful 

 curves. It is an excellent shrub for border- 

 ing groups of taller kinds, usually bare at 

 the base. As a hedge plant, it is destined 

 to become much admired because of its 

 graceful form and ability to keep dense at the 

 bottom. It can be left untrimn,ed and make a 



T^hodotypos Kerrioides ( White Kerria ). An excellent 

 shrub for general planting, being not unlike the Prostrate 

 Privet in its arching growth. It has pure white flowers like 

 the Mock Orange, scattered through the summer. The 

 illustration shows it at the entrance to the residence of Mr. 

 Albert Francke, Lawrence, L. I., showing how excellently 

 it fills down to the ground under the Plane tree. 



These Domes of California Privet are prepared for immediate 

 results on a large terrace or in a formal garden or elsewhere. They 

 are grown from one plant and have taken several years of skilful 

 training to reach their present development. (See page 62.) 



Privet, Prostrate, continued 



handsome, dense hedge 5 feet high and 6 feet 

 broad. It will attain those dimensions slightly 

 quicker than the Thunberg's Barberry, the two 

 being similar in form. 



Media. This is a shrub about 5 feet high, of dense, 

 round habit and chiefly notable for the orna- 

 mental value of the large black berries. It can 

 be used to advantage in shrub planting and we 

 offer it at low rates. 



Rhodotypos Kerria 



The White Kerria would be as popular as the 

 Mock Orange, Weigela and Golden Bells if its 

 merits were known. It has large white flowers an 

 inch or more across in early summer. The flowers 

 closely resemble those of the Mock Orange, Syringa 

 or Philadelphus. It is decorated all winter by 

 clusters of four shining black berries. In foliage 

 and habit it is one of the best hardy shrubs in this 

 latitude. It is about 5 feet high and broader in 

 growth, being full from the base where its gracefully 

 arching branches touch the ground. It is a shrub 

 that can be used in quantity in large groups, or a 

 single plant will be admired on grounds of small area. 



Siberian Pea-Tree 



( Caragana Arborescens) 



A dainty little tree, slower in growth than the 

 Dogwood. It is thickly hung with canary-yellow, 

 pea-shaped blossoms in late spring. 



Smoke Tree Mist Tree 



Purple Fringe (Rhus Cotinus) 



This differs so widely from all other shrubs that 

 a foremost landscape architect declines to use it 

 because of its inharmonious relation to other plants. 

 Its beauty consists in the downy masses surrounding 

 the seeds in mid-summer, and apparently envelop- 

 ing the tree in puffs of smoke. 



