NATIVE SHRUBS 



Cornus alba Red Stemmed Dogwood has 

 brilliant blood-red stems in winter. Cornus 

 stolonifera Red-Osier Dogwood has red stems 

 but less vivid ; and there is also a yellow-stemmed 

 variety. The twigs of Cornus baileyi Bailey's 

 Dogwood and Cornus asperifolia Rough- 

 Leaved Dogwood are reddish brown; those of 

 Cornus circinata round-leaved dogwood and 

 Cornus alt erni folia Alternate-Leaved Dogwood 

 are green, and Cornus amomum dull purple. 

 The effect of these brilliant stems against a 

 hedge of somber green Hemlock or a mass of 

 snow is really striking. A most artistic shrub 

 in some situations is the common American Elder 

 Sambucus canadensis. It may be used in 

 various combinations. Its profusion of creamy 

 flowers, and later its masses of shining red- 

 dish-purple berries, used with wild roses, pro- 

 duce effects that give pleasure in almost any 

 situation. 



Sambucus racemosa Red-berried Elder 

 blooms very early, and in midsummer is often 

 a mass of great clusters of brilliant scarlet 

 berries. 



In May the hills are flushed with the rose- 

 pink flowers of the Cercis canadensis, or Amer- 

 ican Judas-Tree. The flowers are pea-shape, 

 and as soon as they lose some of their brilliancy 

 the exquisite green of the young leaves appears. 



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