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wish to call attention in the present notice. I know of no shrub 

 more useful for ornamental planting on the Plains than this. It 

 is perfectly hardy and adapted to the region, and is a rapid and 

 vigorous grower. 



As a low -growing shrub, or as a foreground for larger groups, 

 it can hardly be surpassed. In the plantings on the campus of 

 the University of Nebraska, it has been used more extensively 

 than anything else. 



None of the broad-leaved evergreens, such as rhododendrons, 

 mahonias and kalmias, succeed in the dry and trying climate of 

 the Plains, but this plant is a very satisfactory substitute during 

 more than half the year. It is one of the first to awaken in spring 

 and one of the last to hold its leaves in the fall, being unharmed 

 by the first frosts, which ruin the effect of many ornamental 

 shrubs. Its bright, clean, glossy foliage closely approaches that 

 of the broad-leaved evergreens in effect. It has also the very 

 desirable quality of presenting beautiful autumn tints, as a part- 

 ing picture to be held in remembrance during the dreary days of 

 winter, a quality all too rare among the plants of the Plains, but 

 one which is fully appreciated by all who recall the flaming hill- 

 sides of an eastern October day. 



