124 Ornamental Shrubs. 



in May. When a small, early-flowering plant is desired, this 

 is quite certain to give satisfaction. 



kS. callosa was introduced to this country from China 

 by Mr. Fortune, and is one of the best. It is of low 

 growth with numerous slender branches, and produces an 

 abundance of pink or rosy blossoms in flat corymbs in 

 June, which continue to appear through most of the sum- 

 mer. The variety known as the S. callosa alba, sometimes 

 called Fortune's dwarf, is especially valuable. It usually 

 forms a well-rounded head of many branches, crowded 

 with white flowers that hang long and are followed by 

 conspicuous bunches of seeds continuing late into autumn. 

 For borders to garden walks or for low, ornamental hedges 

 it is scarcely excelled. As a single plant or in masses on 

 the lawn it is equally desirable. Another variety is the 

 S. callosa superba, also of dwarfish habit and possessed of 

 the same general characteristics, but producing greenish- 

 white flowers in August and September. The variety 

 known to the nurserymen as S. callosa semperfiorens is 

 much the same, but with red flowers instead of white. 



S. thicnbergii is a low, bushy shrub from the mountains 

 of Japan, and one of the very best of the genus. It 

 grows three to five feet, with a dense, bushy head and 

 numerous small leaves which in late summer and early 

 autumn take on most beautiful shades of gold, bronze, 

 and green. Few shrubs so enliven the border or are so 

 attractive as single specimens. No one who plants even 

 a small place should fail to make use of this choice species. 

 It is a very early bloomer, the flowers being in threes, not 

 large, but so numerous as to cover the whole bush, with its 



