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leaved Corchorus ; the white-edged and golden 

 privets ; the golden syringa ; the variegated- 

 leaved elders ; the variegated St. Peter's-wort ; 

 the variegated althaea. Numerous shrubs, also, 

 are valuable for their ornamental fruit, which 

 succeeds the flowers. In this class the fol- 

 lowing are all excellent : The common bar- 

 berry, with scarlet and violet fruit in Septem- 

 ber ; the red dogwood, with white berries in 

 September ; the red- and the white-fruited Eu- 

 onymus ; the red-fruited Cotoneaster ; the Cor- 

 nelian cherry, with its large and showy red fruit 

 in August ; Elceagnus edulis, with red, cherry- 

 like fruit in midsummer ; the red-berried Vibur- 

 num opulus and black-berried lantanoides ; the 

 black-fruited elder ; and the snowberry. There 

 are, moreover, many trees and shrubs, beauti- 

 ful for their autumnal coloring, which should 

 be remembered ; these will be referred to in a 

 subsequent chapter. 



No garden is complete if a garden can ever 

 be complete without its flowering climbers. 

 Even the kitchen-garden should have its scarlet 

 pole-beans, and the front veranda, at least, be 

 festooned with blossoming vines. But there are 

 so many desirable sorts, that all suitable places 

 about the house and grounds should be utilized, 

 to enjoy as many of them as possible. The wis- 



