Trees and Shrubs 



California and of easy growth, standing the harsh winds of the 

 coast counties very well and enduring rough treatment of every 

 kind better than most of our common shrubs do. Some of the 

 variegated kinds are considered to be among our most orna- 

 mental shrubs. 



Euonymus grandiflorus grows to the height of twenty feet. 



Euonymus Japonica is the most attractive of the species 

 being smooth-leaved, of good habit and carrying no dust, with 

 small white flowers, and is also very handsome in the Fall and 

 Winter when covered with its bright-red berries. It is exceed- 

 ingly effective when grouped about the margins of the lawn or 

 as a background for more delicate shrubs, also when massed with 

 Laurel, Pittosporum, Veronica and others. There are many 

 varieties of this useful and ornamental shrub. Euonymus 

 Japonica aurea, Euonymus Japonica argentea and Euonymus 

 Japonica Due de Anjou are all very desirable. 



Euonymus latifolia, the broad-leaved Euonymus, is another 

 of the type which should be in every collection as should also 

 be its varieties with their gold or silver variegated leaves. 



Propagate by cuttings of the last season's growth inserted, 

 in October, in sandy soil, or by seeds sown one-eighth of an inch 

 deep in early Spring; in either case place in a cold frame. 



EXOCHORDIA. 



This shrub is a native of North China, belonging to the 

 Spireas, and is sometimes named Spirea grandiflora. Its habit 

 of growth resembles the Philadelphus and it should group well 

 with the members of that family. It opens its handsome white 

 clusters early in June, remaining in flower about one month. 



Propagate by cuttings of the ripe wood placed in sandy soil 

 in the open border in November, or by suckers formed at the base 

 of the plants in Winter, or by layers in the Fall, or by seeds sown 

 one-eighth of an inch deep in the open ground as soon as ripe in 

 the Fall. 



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