The Sand-cherry 395 



factory 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 parting 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 hillsides of an 

 eastern October day. 



