248 HARDY SHRUBS. 



JASMINUM NUDIFLORUM (Chinese naked flowered Jasmine). This 



may be used either as a bash plant on the lawn or open border, for cov- 

 ering walls or arbors, or for forming a light hedge. It is not particular 

 as to soil or situation, growing almost anywhere. Its flowers are pro- 

 duced during mild Winters. Beginning in December they expand as the 

 weather permits till April. Propagation is effected by putting in cut- 

 tings of the ripe growths out-of-doors in Autumn. Good-sized branches 

 can be layered successfully. It is one of the easiest shrubs to root. J. 

 revolutum, J. fruticans and J. floridum, all of them yellow-flowered spe- 

 cies, usually stand the Winters here. J. revolutum is the hardiest. They 

 are propagated by layering, and from cuttings of the ripe wood, kept 

 in a cool house over Winter. 



JUNIPERUS (Juniper). J. sabina var. tamariscifolia is a most .seful 

 dwarf, trailing evergreen, seldom growing over 18 inches high. J. pro- 

 cumbens is another species of creeping habit. Cuttings may be put in 

 after the first slight frost. Where only a limited number of this and 

 other evergreen coniferous shrubs is required, the best method, I have 

 found, is to fix up a few boxes, say about 4 inches deep, with sandy pot- 

 ting soil at the bottoms and pure sand on top; make the cuttings about 

 6 inches long, half of which should be in the soil. Put them in fairly 

 close together, and firm well. Give one good watering. Stand the 

 boxes in the coolest part of the house under the benches; keep moder- 

 ately damp, and by Spring, if the conditions have not been unfavorable, 

 a goodly percentage will have rooted. If not too close together they 

 will take little harm from passing the Summer in the ^ame boxes. The 

 kinds available for this method of propagation are Biotas, Cupressus, 

 Thuja, Retinospora, Cephalotaxus and Taxus. 



KALMIA LATIFOLIA (Calico Bush). A native evergreen shrub grow- 

 ing from Maine southwards. In the Northern States it is a bush, 4 to 8 

 feet high. Further South it is frequently met with 20 feet high. It 

 blooms during May and June. It is cultivated much in the same way 

 as Rhododendrons; but under cultivation we seldom see the plants 

 flourishing equal to those in their native habitats. It is raised from seed 

 and from layers. K. glauca has lilac colored flowers, and whitish under 

 the leaves; K. angnstifolia has purple flowers. All three are used for 

 forcing, imported plants being employed for the purpose. K. augusti- 

 folia has lateral corymbs; in K.latifolia and K. glauca they are terminal. 

 Manure of any kind should not be used in the cultivation of these plants. 



KERRIA JAPON1CA (Corchorus) is a popular flowering shrub which 

 is not too particular as to soil or situation. It attains a height of 

 about 6 feet. There are three forms double and single flowered and 

 variegated. They are all good. The variegated one keeps the color 

 in the leaves all through the season just as showy as in Spring ; it usu- 

 ally bears a crop of flowers, which are bright yellow, over an inch in 

 diameter, along about the first part of May. This plant is capable of 

 being used as a hedge subject, as it stands clipping well. The other two 

 kinds are more profuse bloomers, especially the double, which is the 

 strongest growing of the three. It is seldom without flowers all during 

 the Summer and Fall. The plants are best propagated from ripe 

 growths during the latter part of August, indoors. 



