THE beauty of any grounds can be greatly enhanced by judicious plantations 

 of Hardy Shrubs, and varieties can be selected that will give flowers through- 

 out the summer, handsome colored foliage in autumn, and berries lasting well into 

 the winter. 



ABBREVIATIONS 

 Denoting size: L, large; M, medium; S, small; D, dwarf; VD, very dwarf. 



ABELIA 



A. floribunda. (S) A free -flowering, half -evergreen shrub, with dark 

 glossy foliage and white blossoms blushed with pink. Flowers throughout the 

 summer. Habit pendulous and graceful. 



ACANTHOPANAX 



A. spinosa; syn., Aralia. (L) An excellent shrub, with slim branches 

 covered with sharp thorns and shining, bright green foliage. Makes a grand 

 hedge plant and does well on rocky, hilly banks. 



^SCULUS 



A. parviflora ; syn., Pavia macrostachya. (L) A dwarf variety of 

 Horse-Chestnut of great beauty. Forms a broad round bush with deep green 

 foliage, and in July bears a mass of beautiful upright spikes of white blossoms. 

 (See plate on page 70.) 



ALTHAEA. See Hibiscus 



AMELANCHIER 



A. Botryapium. Juneberry. (S) A dwarf shrub with glabrous foliage, 

 bearing white flowers in late April, followed by edible, dark red berries. 

 (See plate on page 70.) 



AMORPHA 



A. canescens. Lead Plant. (S) A handsome free -flowering shrub. 

 Habit dense, foliage pinnate, blue flowers in dense terminal panicles in June. 

 Useful for shrubberies or rockeries. Prefers a sunny and well-drained 

 position. 



A. fruticosa. False Indigo. (L) A large, spreading bush with pinnate 

 leaves and slender spikes of deep purple flowers, which bloom in June after 

 most of the spring-flowering shrubs are over. 



AMYGDALUS. Almond. See Prunus 

 ARONIA FLORIBUNDA. See Pyrus 



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