98 ARISTOCRATS OF THE GARDEN 



green leaves, but the most popular is M. Aquifolium 

 with glossy leaves which assume fine tints in early 

 winter; the Japanese M. japonica is the most vigorous 

 grower and has the largest leaves. All have terminal 

 bunches of beautiful grape-like fruits. The lovely 

 Berberis stenophylla, a hybrid between two South 

 American species, with slender arching stems and 

 small dark green leaves and perhaps the finest of all the 

 Barberries, is, alas! not quite hardy around Boston, 

 Mass. 



The blue-fruited Bush Honeysuckle (L. coerulea) 

 with teat-like fruits which ripen in June is a very val- 

 uable shrub. This plant grows wild in various parts 

 of the cold north temperate regions of both hemis- 

 pheres and is very variable. The American variety 

 (villosa) has palatable edible fruits but the Asiatic 

 varieties altaica and graciliflora with bitter fruits are 

 more ornamental garden shrubs. 



The native Silky Cornel (Cornus Amomum) and its 

 close relative C. obliqua are large-growing shrubs with 

 blue fruits. A plant that deserves the widest recogni- 

 tion is Symplocos paniculata (better known as S. cratae- 

 goides) with turquoise-blue fruits. This is a large 

 bush or slender tree and is very common in Japan, 

 Korea, and China. It is perfectly hardy around Bos- 

 ton, Mass., has good foliage, small clusters of white 



