Shrubs and Vines 

Roses are too familiar to require extended notice in 
this review ; but allusion should be made to one that is 
peculiarly adapted for broad landscape-effect by being 
cultivated in dense masses, which is exceptional in this 
class of shrubs. This is the Rosa rugosa, justly popular 
for its unusually fine, vivid foliage, large pink single 
blossoms, and conspicuous bright-red ‘‘ hips’’ ; being es- 
pecially hardy, easily cultivated, and disposed to spread, 
it can be massed effectively on extensive grounds, as 
well as trained into detached shrubs. Among the sev- 
eral varieties will be found single and double flowers, 
rose-red or white; but emphasis should be laid on its 
rich foliage quite as much as on the blossom. 
A genus containing several valuable species, the best 
of which come from Japan, is the barberry. As a class 
they are prickly, with small leaves, yellow flowers, and 
bright-red berries remaining far into or through the 
winter. Some of them are quite dwarfish and are 
massed effectively in broad clumps; others are four to 
eight feet high. Although of delicate figure, they ad- 
mit of better treatment on spacious grounds where they 
can form a dense, ample growth. There are few types 
of vegetation so distinctive as the barberry—a delicate, 
hardy ornamentation, attractive the year round. The 
peculiar vaporous green of the opening buds is a charm- 
ing sight in spring, and its refinement of foliage is quite 
as important a feature as its pretty clusters of small yel- 
low flowers. 
Spirzeas, on the contrary, find their most effective 
feature in the bloom, which is of so characteristic a type 
as to be easily recognized amid all the numerous species, 
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