88 ARISTOCRATS OF THE GARDEN 



berry (/. verticillata), its ally /. laevigata, and the 

 Japanese /. Sieboldii are hardy shrubs with deciduous 

 leaves and strikingly beautiful with their clusters 

 of scarlet fruits. Of the Winterberry there is a 

 variety (chrysocarpd) with yellow fruits and of /. 

 Sieboldii a variety (fructu-albo) with white fruits. 

 Closely allied to these is the Mountain Holly (Nemo- 

 panthus mucronatus), a common shrub in the swampy 

 woods of New England, with dull crimson fruits on 

 slender stalks and neat foliage. 



A very attractive small tree is the Chinese Evony- 

 mus Bungeanus which bears in great profusion 

 stalked clusters of pink capsules. There are several 

 other Spindletrees with pinkish and reddish fruits, 

 and one that ought to be in every garden is E. alatus, 

 a native of the Far East. This is a large, wide-spread- 

 ing shrub with corky-winged branches and red fruits, 

 and the leaves assume in autumn intense shades of 

 red and crimson. 



The lime-loving Buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea) 

 and S. canadensis, and their relatives the Sea Buckthorn 

 (Hippophae rhamnoides) and the Oleasters, of which 

 the hardiest are Elaeagnus longipes, E. umbellata, E. 

 multiflora, and E.'angustifolia, which is a slender tree 

 with silvery Willow-like leaves, are a group of fasci- 

 nating plants worthy of the widest recognition. 



