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offered; the best are grafted on common magenta stock which 

 should not be allowed to develop. Give rich garden soil. Easily 

 raised from seed. 



VIBURNUM. See SNOWBALL, DOCKMACKIE, ARROWWOOD, NANNY 

 BERRY, WAYFARING TREE, HIGH BUSH CRANBERRY. 



WAX MYRTLE (Myrica cerifera). 3 to 6 feet. Dark green leaves, berries 

 bluish white, coated with wax, with aromatic odour, and much sought 

 by birds. Good for semi-wild effects. 



WAYFARING TREE (Viburnum Lantana). Flowers white in cymes 3 

 inches across with seven showy white rays on the margin. May, 

 June; up to 20 feet, sometimes a tree. Excellent for dry situation 

 and limestone soils. Fruit bright red, changing to black. 



WEiGELA(Diervillaflorida). June; 6 feet. Showiest shrub of midsum- 

 mer. Following the lilacs. Flowers pink, white, red, claret-crim- 

 son to magenta. Best flowering shrubs under big trees. Can be 

 planted where other shrubs fail. Free from insects and disease. 

 Cut out old wood to the ground. Many varieties, as: Abel Carriere 

 and Rosea, carmine changing to red; Alba, changing to pink; Eva 

 Rathke, dark wine red; Candida, pure white; Nana variegata, 

 dwarf, variegated leaves. 



WITCH HAZEL (Hamamelis Firginiana). Flowers yellow and brown. 

 September, October, followed by conspicuous fruits which, brought 



indoors in winter, will explode and scatter seed; 25 feet. 



(H. Japonic a). Flowers February to April. Foliage bright yellow, 

 orange, or purple in fall. Moist, peaty and sandy soil. Most 

 valuable shrub of early winter. 



YELLOW ROOT (Xanthorrhiza apiifolia). Flowers small, purplish. April; 

 I to 20 feet. In drooping racemes. Any good soil but best in 

 moist and shady places. Suckers freely in spring. Golden yellow 

 in autumn. Stems and roots bright yellow. Not quite hardy North. 



THE VERY BEST TREES AND SHRUBS FOR HEDGES 



[In the following list are included only such plants as will stand shearing, for obviously 

 any moderate growing shrub of low stature can be utilised for hedge purposes. Such may 

 be selected from the list of Deciduous Shrubs, p. 175, and Evergreens, p. i$5$ 



ASHBERRY, HOLLY-LEAVED (Berberis or Mahonia Aquifolium). Ever- 

 green and hardy, but foliage sometimes burns in winter. Tassels 



