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growth, and with leaves that are of a bright golden color 

 when young, but changing to a light green during the 

 latter part of the summer. In contrast with the purple 



FIG. 105. MOCK-ORANGE (Philadelphus coronarius). 



barberry, purple filbert, or other similarly colored foliage- 

 shrubs it produces most beautiful effects. 



LARGE-FLOWERED MOCK-ORAXGE (P. grandiflorus) , Fig. 

 106. A shrub of large, coarse growth, producing conspic- 

 uous single, white, non-odorous flowers the last of June. 



WHITE-FRINGE (CMonantlius Virginicus), Fig. 77. 

 One of the most beautiful of our flowering shrubs, with its 

 somewhat stiff upright branches fringed with lace-like 

 white flowers. Its blossoms last but a short time, but the 

 heavy dark green foliage is ornamental all summer. If 

 planted in too rich soil it is sometimes winter-killed, and 

 should be grown rather slowly to cause a more thorough 

 ripening of the wood. 



PURPLE-FRINGE (Rhus cotimis), Fig. 107. The beauti- 

 ful mass of filaments produced about the flowers and fruit 



