264 Ornamental Shrubs. 



range than do most other varieties, and is not fastidious as 

 to soils and situations. It grows from four to six feet in 

 height, with numerous slender branches which in early 

 spring, before the foliage appears, are covered from end 

 to end with double, light pink blossoms about an inch 

 across, completely covering the whole bush. These come 

 in May as far north as New England, sometimes breaking 

 out in March among the first harbingers of the summer. 



P. watsonii is the sand plum so well known in some 

 sections of the middle West, where it thrives in thickets on 

 low, sandy soils near running streams and stagnant water. 

 It is a low, rather irregular-growing shrub with zigzag 

 branches and almost spinose branchlets. The bark is 

 inclined to a reddish hue, especially when the plants are 

 young. The flowers appear in May, are white and very 

 fragrant, and produced in such profusion as to cover all 

 the branches. They are followed by abundant fruit which 

 hangs long, is nearly an inch in diameter, and is edible. 

 As the shrub grows from five to ten feet in height, its 

 value cannot well be overestimated in the section to which 

 it is indigenous, and it may prove of great service in 

 similar locations. It appears to be perfectly hardy, and 

 has a field for usefulness and also as an ornamental plant 

 throughout the West. 



CARAGANA— Siberian Pea Tree. 



THE caraganas constitute a small class of ornamental 

 shrubs, not very widely known in cultivation, 

 which are both curious and interesting. There 

 are several species and varieties that are worthy of a place 



