Shrubs 177 



CHASTE TREE, MONK'S PEPPER TREE (Vitex Agnus-castus). Narrow, 

 pinnate leaves, grayish beneath. Flowers bluish lilac. July, 

 September; varying height, generally 6 to 8 feet. Valuable for its 

 late season. Not quite hardy in the North, where the less showy 

 V. incisa survives. Any rather dry, sunny situation preferred. 



CHOKEBERRY (Aronia arbutifolia). Flowers April to May; 6 to 12 feet. 

 White or tinged red. Numerous pear-shaped berries, a quarter inch 



across, bright or dull red, September. , BLACK (A. nigra). 



Similar, but with black berries. Both perfectly hardy and among 

 the most beautiful fruiting small shrubs. Any soil. 



CLETHRA. See SWEET PEPPER BUSH. 



CORAL BERRY (Symphoricarpos vulgaris). Like the snowberry, but 

 having smaller and purplish or reddish berries, persisting all winter. 

 5 feet. Foliage turns red in autumn. Native to the Middle States, 

 but escaped from cultivation in the East. Also a variegated form. 



CORNEL, BUSH DOGWOOD (Cornus candidissima). One of the best white 

 blooming shrubs of June, followed by white berries on coral stems. 



Any soil. , SILKY (C. Amomuni). Dark green leaves, whitish 



beneath. White flowers in June; 3 to 10 feet. Particularly valuable 

 for its blue and bluish white fruit persisting in winter. Vigorous 

 growing. Moist or dry soils. The cornels and dogwoods are among 

 the most valuable of all shrubs, because of their many-coloured fruits 

 for late summer and fall effects, and bright-coloured barks in winter, 

 growing well in shade or exposed and in any soil. Flowers white in 

 the species named here. Propagate from mature wood cuttings or 

 seeds. 



CORNELIAN CHERRY (Cornus Mas). Flowers yellow before the leaves. 

 March to April in umbels; 20 feet, sometimes a small tree. Oblong, 

 edible fruit, f inch long, bright scarlet. A very valuable larger 

 shrub, attractive both spring and fall. Propagate like other cornus 

 and cornel. 



CRANBERRY, HIGH BUSH. See SNOWBALL. 



CURRANT, FLOWERING (Riles aureuni). Flowers yellow, spicy fragrant. 

 A favourite in old gardens. May; 4 feet. Bright green foliage, 

 adapted to any good soil. Very effective among dark foliaged plants. 



DAPHNE (Daphne Mezereum). April; 3 feet. Reddish lilac, fragrant. 

 Thick clusters of red berries in the summer. The earliest warm- 



