8 Ornamental Foreign Shrubs. 
as Pyrus spectabilis. The illustration herewith imperfectly shows 
the beauty and grace of its sprays of bloom. 
The Gold-dust tree (Aucuba Japonica) is a handsome green- 
house shrub, adapted to out door life with us, and is one of our 
very best foliage plants. It is a native of Japan and China, the 
green leaves flaked with golden yellow. 
Swainsona alba is a dainty shrub, worthy of wide culture 
because of its beautiful foliage, its small and symmetrical growth, 
