Trees and Shrub 



COPROSMA (New Zealand Holly). 



A genus of handsomely-leaved evergreen shrubs which should 

 be in every collection. It grows freely in any situation (even in 

 the smoky city garden), its glossy holly-green leaves refusing to 

 carry any dust. It contrasts well with our rough-leaved kinds. 



The genus comprises over thirty species, mostly natives of 

 New Zealand and other Pacific Islands. Coprosma Baueriana and 

 its varieties are the best for cultivation on the Pacific Coast. 

 Coprosma picturata and Coprosma variegata, being variegated 

 forms of Coprosma Baueriana, are very attractive shrubs. 



This shrub is not so easily propagated as most of our other 

 free-flowering shrubs, and should be given extra care in being 

 shaded from hot sun. In making the cuttings, slit the lower end 

 to the depth of three-quarters of an inch ; insert in a soil composed 

 of two-thirds clear sand and one-third well-decomposed leaf- 

 mold. Cuttings should be planted in September in a cold frame 

 and not overwatered. As soon as rooted, they should be potted 

 off in thumb pots, put back into the cutting frame and kept close 

 and shaded until they take fresh roots. It may also be propa- 

 gated by seeds sown one-eighth of an inch deep in light sandy soil 

 in Spring. 



CORNUS (Dogwood). 



The Dogwood is one of the most attractive of our ornamental 

 deciduous shrubs, delighting in semi-shaded moist places, pro- 

 tected from winds, and thriving best in light rich soil. One of 

 our native species, Cornus Nuttallii, is the finest of the genus, 

 growing in favorable situations to a height of from sixty to eighty 

 feet, pyramidal in habit, and, in early May when entirely cov- 

 ered with its great white bracts, the most conspicuous and attrac- 

 tive object in the mountains and foothills. In the Fall, when 

 laden with its orange-colored fruit, it gives good effects in the 



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