CONTENTS 



CHAPTER VIIL FLOWERING SHRUBS (Continued) . . 41 



Daphne : Its Earliness and Fragrance Classic Name 

 Varieties An Old-time Shrub Deutzia, Gracilis Lemoinei 

 and Crenata Useful for Forcing Allied to Philadelphi 

 Forsythia or Golden Bell S. Viridissima and Suspem 

 Their Startling Effect in Spring Propagation Garrya Ellip- 

 tica Susceptibility to Sharp Frost Winter Blooming Male 

 and Female Forms Hydrangeas H, Hortensis Good for 

 Pot Work Magnolias M. Kobus Conspicua Campbelli : 

 Layering Same Laurestinus Pyrus Malus Rhododen- 

 drons Various Species Some Good Hybrids : Their Cultiva- 

 tion. 



CHAPTER IX. FLOWERING SHRUBS (Continued} . . . . 50 



Ribes Its Spring Glories Propagation Varieties Spiraeas 

 Their Diversity Leading Varieties Lilacs : Old and New 

 Forcing The Persian Lilac Guelder Roses Viburnum 

 Opulus Cuttings Veronicas V. Traversii : Its Hardiness 

 Half Hardy Varieties Wiegelias Their Varieties Propaga- 

 tion. 



CHAPTER X. CONIFERS : THEIR DECORATIVE VALUE AND 

 CULTIVATION 56 



Soil For Window Boxes Abies Christmas Trees Blue 

 Spruce A. Canadensis, Menziesi and Parry ana Araucaria 

 Imbricata Causes of Defoliation Cedrus Atlantica and C. 

 Deodara Their Beauty and Utility C. Libanus Cupressus 

 Lausoniana C. Allumi Erecta Viridis C. Macrocarpa 

 for the South Juniperus Chinese and Irish Picea Nobilis 

 P. Pinsapo Retinospora Plumosa and Aurea R. Filifera 

 R. Pisijera and Aurea Taxus (Yews) English, Irish and 

 Golden Their Uses How Propagated Thujas Arbor 

 Vitae T. Lobbi Its Superiority Compared with Cupressus 

 Lawsoniana The American Arbor Vitae T. Aurea and Ele- 

 gantissima : Their Propagation Thujopsis : Only Two Popular 

 Forms T. Dolabrata and T. Borealis. 



CHAPTER XL WINDOW-BOX EVERGREENS : HARDY CLIMBERS 63 



An Increasing Demand Shrubs and Bulbs A Quick Trade 

 Conifers Suitable Varieties General Demand Arches and 

 Pergolas Roses Clematis Honeysuckles : Various Kinds 

 The Fragrant Jessamine: Yellow and White Varieties 

 Chimonanthes : Its Early Season for Blooming Polyganum : 

 A Rapid Grower ; Long Season for Bloom ; Its Propagation 

 Solanum Jasminoides : Not hardy ; Good on South Coast 

 Bignonia radicans : Its Orange-scarlet Trumpet Flowers ; 

 Propagation Wistarias : The Most Magnificent of all Ram- 

 blers; Three Varieties Passion Flowers: Their Curiously 

 Formed Flowers ; The Blue and the White Varieties ; Propa- 

 gation Vitis : Their large Handsome Foliage ; Autumn Tints 

 Virginian Creepers: Ampelopsis Veitchi, Henryi and Lowi 

 Hederacea. 



