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opultfolia aurea is a valuable variety, with gold- 

 en-yellow foliage. It deserves a place by itself, 

 or plenty of room to develop in the shrubbery. 

 Soon after its blossoming period, the four-cleft 

 seed-pods of the cymes, which are thickly clus- 

 tered along its drooping branches, turn to a 

 rich terra-cotta shade. This shrub, when once 

 pruned into symmetrical shape, should receive 

 as little pruning thereafter as possible, or the 

 light, graceful effect of the sprays will be de- 

 stroyed. S. Japonica is of recent introduction, 

 a graceful, medium-sized species, covered in 

 July with attractive, rosy-red cymes. 



The native white fringe (Chionanthus Vir- 

 ginicd), though classed as a tree, should be in- 

 cluded among flowering shrubs. It is distinct 

 and beautiful, with its glossy leaves and feathery 

 plumes of pure white, fragrant flowers. Its odor 

 reminds one somewhat of the native yellow- 

 wood (Cladrastis tinctorta or Virgilia luted), 

 one of the finest of ornamental trees, with wis- 

 taria-like racemes of fragrant white flowers, pro- 

 fusely produced during midsummer every other 

 year. This vies with the lime-tree in the attrac- 

 tions it presents to the bees. 



Of the snow-balls there are a score of varie- 

 ties to choose from. Among these, the com- 

 mon Guelder rose ( Viburnum opulus sterilis} is 



