Zenobia cassinifolia 



Xanthorrhiza The Yellow- 

 root 



A low shrub with handsome airy foliage that 

 assumes a beautiful golden color in autumn. 

 Splendid for massing as a ground cover. Thrives 

 in almost any moist fertile soil. 



Xanthorrhiza apiifolia. YELLOW-ROOT, OR BROOK- 

 FEATHER. An attractive shrub, usually i to 2 feet tall, 

 with bright yellow wood and roots. Grows naturally 

 from New York to the Gulf. Leaves compound, con- 

 sisting of about five deeply incised or lobed, bright 

 lustrous green leaflets. Flowers brownish purple, in 

 drooping compound racemes in early spring. Very 

 ornamental. Every year it is being more extensively 

 used as an underplanting and ground cover, giving a 

 soft Fern-like aspect of singular beauty, and seemingly 

 does not detract from the vigor and thriftiness of 

 stronger-growing plants. 



Xolisma The Privet 

 Andromeda 



A hardy shrub with white flowers and highly 

 colored autumnal foliage. It thrives in almost any 

 moist soil and is well adapted for rockeries or 

 border planting. 



Xolisma ligustrina (Andromeda ligustrina}. PRIVET 

 ANDROMEDA. A branching shrub usually 2 to 3 feet 

 tall. Grows naturally from Canada to Florida and 

 Arkansas. Leaves oblong, bright green, fading with 

 rich tones of purple and red. Flowers white, produced 

 in elongated clusters in late spring or early summer. 

 Rare in cultivation. 



Zenobia The Zenobia 



A low shrub with upright or arching stems and 

 numerous showy flowers in dense elongated clus- 

 ters. It is hardy as far north as Missouri and 

 Massachusetts, and thrives in almost any loamy 

 soil, especially one containing leaf- mould or 

 woods earth. 



Zenobia cassinifolia (Andromeda speciosa). ZENOBIA. 

 Leaves oval, more or less covered with a glaucous 

 bloom, fading in autumn with beautiful shades of crim- 

 son. Flowers white, nodding, freely produced along 

 the tips of the previous season's branches. Splendid 

 for planting in the foreground of the shrub borders. 

 Height 2 to 4 feet. Grows naturally from North Caro- 

 lina to Florida. The dainty wax-like flowers are re- 

 markably beautiful, resembling huge dense clusters of 

 the flowers of the Lily-of-the- Valley. 



An arbor of Wistaria (See page 102) 



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