Staphylea - The Bladder-Nuts Styrax The Storax Shrubs 



Hardy shrubs with showy Hpwers and peculiar 

 inflated seed-pods. They thrive best in moist 

 loamy soil, either in sun or partial shade. 



Staphylea bumalda. JAPANESE BLADDER - NUT. A 

 sturdy shrub with upright or spreading branches, at- 

 taining a height of about 6 feet. Native of Japan. 

 Leaves light green, consisting of three oval or ovate- 

 leaflets. Flowers white, in loose upright panicles in 

 early summer. Pods usually 2-lobed, inflated, slightly 

 flattened. Splendid for a specimen plant. 



S. colchica. COLCHICAN BLADDER-NUT. A tall up- 

 right shrub, usually 10 to 12 feet tall. Native of the 

 Caucasus. Leaves bright green, consisting of 3 to 5 

 leaflets. Flowers white, disposed in broad, often nod- 

 ding panicles, very showy. Pods large and much in- 

 flated. Very ornamental. 



S. pinnata. EUROPEAN BLADDER-NUT. A large up- 

 right shrub 12 to 15 feet tall. Native of Europe. Leaves 

 bright green, consisting of 5 to 7 long-pointed leaflets. 

 Flowers white, produced in long raceme-like clusters 

 in late spring. Pods 2- to 3-lobed, widely 

 inflated. 



S. Irifolia. AMERICAN BLADDER-NUT. 



A vigorous shrub with stout upright 

 branches, growing naturally from Can- 

 ada southward to Missouri 

 and Georgia. Leaves bright 

 green, composed of three 

 ovate leaflets. Flowers 

 white, in nodding raceme- 

 like clusters in spring. Pods 

 3-Iobed, much inflated. 



Stephanandra The 

 Stephanandra 



A graceful, fairly hardy shrub 

 with handsome foliage and 

 showy flowers. It thrives in a 

 moist fertile soil, preferring 

 sunny exposures. Worthy of a 

 prominent place in the shrub 

 border. 



Stephanandra flexuosa. STEPHAN- 

 ANDRA. A beautiful shrub with 

 drooping or arching branches, 

 usually 3 to 4 feet high. Native of 



Japan. Leaves ovate, with incisely 

 obed and serrate borders ; they 

 are tinged with red at the time of 

 unfolding, at maturity deep glossy green, fading with 

 brilliant tones of yellow, red and purple. Flowers 

 white, in soft feathery panicled racemes. 



Stuartia The Stuartias 



Handsome relatively hardy shrubs with Camellia- 

 like flowers and bright green foliage, which assumes 

 brilliant shades of orange, red and scarlet in 

 autumn. They thrive in rich porous soils with 

 moderate moisture, especially those containing 

 woods earth. A warm sunny exposure is preferable. 



Stuartia pentagyna. ALLEGHANY STUARTIA. A shrub 

 with spreading branches, usually 5 to 10 feet tall. 

 Grows naturally from Tennessee and North Carolina 

 to Georgia. Leaves bright green, ovate in outline, fad- 

 ing with glowing colors. Flowers white, large and 

 showy, with wavy erose-bordered petals and golden 

 anthers, opening in summer. 



S. pseudo-camellia. JAPANESE STUARTIA. A large 

 shrub with upright branches, native of Japan. Leaves 

 elliptical, bright green, coloring brightly in autumn. 

 Flowers showy, about 2 inches across, pure white, with 

 silky petals and orange stamens, blossoming in sum- 

 mer. In cultivation usually 8 to 10 feet tall. 



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Spiraea margaritae (tee page 86). 



Attractive free-flowering shrubs with showy flow- 

 ers, well adapted for outstanding specimen plants 

 or grouping in the shrub borders. They thrive in 

 well-drained loamy soils. With protection from 

 cold winds they are successfully grown in Missouri 

 and Massachusetts. 



Styrax americana. AMERICAN STORAX. A spreading 

 shrub, to 6 feet tall, with bright green leaves. Dis- 

 tributed naturally from Virginia and Florida, westward 

 to Arkansas and Louisiana. Flowers white, nodding, 



C reduced in numerous small clusters along the 

 ranches. 



S. japonica. JAPANESE STORAX. A graceful shrub 

 with spreading branches and pleasing bright green 

 foliage. Native of Japan. Flowers white, in numerous 

 drooping racemes, fragrant and showy, appearing in 

 early summer. In cultivation usually 8 to 12 feet tall, 

 or in favorable situations, even taller. Splendid for 

 specimen plants. 



S. obassia. BROAD-LEAVED 

 STORAX. A vigorous tall shrub with 

 large, broad leaves. Native of Japan. 

 Flowers white, fragrant, freely pro- 

 duced in long graceful racemes 4 to 

 6 inches long. A very showy and 

 distinct species. 



x Symphoricarpos 



The Coral-Berry and 

 Snow berries 



Handsome hardy 

 shrubs with very 

 showy berries. They are un- 

 excelled for massing and 

 grouping, either under trees or 

 in the foreground of larger 

 shrubs. Almost any kind of 

 soil meets their requirements. 

 Symphoricarpos occidentalis. 

 WESTERN SNOWBERRY, OR 

 WOLFBERRY. A shrub usually 

 3 to 5 feet tall with numerous 

 spreading branches. Widely dis- 

 tributed in the Western States. 

 Leaves ovate, green or bluish 

 green. Flowers white or rose- 

 colored, produced in numerous 

 spikes in summer. Berries 

 white, persisting until winter. 

 S. racemosus. SNOWBERRY. A graceful shrub, 3 to 

 5 feet tall, with slender branches. Distributed naturally 

 from Canada to North Carolina. Leaves elliptic or 

 broadly ovate, sometimes lobed on the shoots. Flowers 

 white or pinkish, in loose, often leafy racemes, in sum- 

 mer. Berries white, long persistent, produced in showy 

 profuse clusters, the branches bending under their 

 weight. Very ornamental, and a capital companion for 

 the next species. 



S. Symphoricarpos (S.vulgaris}. CORAL-BERRY, OR 

 INDIAN CURRANT. A grand shrub, producing a wealth 

 of red or purplish berries which remain on the branches 

 all winter. Grows naturally from New York and Da- 

 kota southward to Georgia and Texas. Leaves ovate, 

 bright green, often tinged with reddish purple when 

 young, persisting until early winter. Flowers greenish 

 red, in summer. Berries coloring in early autumn, very 

 showy. 



Syringa The Lilacs 



Hardy free-flowering shrubs with showy fragrant 

 flowers in spring and early summer. They are 

 among the most popular and beautiful of flowering 

 plants, and thrive in almost any fertile soil with 



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