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rockeries and makes a good ground cover. Other 

 species with blue fruits are V. propinquum and V. 

 Harry anum. The former is a loosely branched shrub 

 growing from five to ten feet high and has shining 

 green lance-shaped leaves two to four inches long; the 

 other is very compact in habit with twiggy shoots and 

 small deep green rounded leaves and is totally unlike 

 any other Viburnum and closely resembles Box 

 (Buxus) in general appearance. Both have inconspic- 

 uous greenish white flowers. Another fine Evergreen 

 is V. coriaceum which is a large tree-like bush growing 

 from fifteen to twenty-five feet tall with ascending 

 and spreading branches clothed with large dull green 

 leaves and bearing in season trusses of creamy-white 

 flowers with conspicuous blue stamens and bloomy 

 black fruits. Very different is V. utile with flattened 

 round heads of fragrant flowers, pink in the bud and pure 

 white when fully expanded, and jet black fruits. This 

 is a much-branched shrub growing from six to twelve 

 feet tall, with twiggy branches, small, thick leaves, 

 lustrous dark green above and gray on the underside. 

 This species grows naturally in rocky places and with- 

 stands drought exceedingly well. A remarkable 

 Viburnum and totally unlike any other is V. rhytido- 

 phyllum with long deep green, lance-shaped, strongly 

 wrinkled leaves which on the underside are covered \v ; th 



