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seems to be nothing that can surpass it at that season of 

 the year. The foliage lies in stratified masses that are 

 very effective, and the leaves are finely formed and beau- 

 tiful in detail, as well as in the way they bear the simple 

 and broadly outlined flower. The very tint of the bark 

 is fine, and in autumn every one knows how much our 

 woods owe to them. Another fine cornus is mascula 

 (cornelian cherry). Like the C. florida, it comes early 

 with yellow flowers, and in autumn has bright-red ber- 

 ries. Other corni — stoloifera, siberica, alternifolia, and 

 circinata — are fine in foliage throughout the summer, but 

 they are not remarkable for their flowers nor for their 

 autumn coloring. The red-stemmed dogwood is hardly 

 less valuable than the white-flowering species, for its red 

 twigs are particularly effective in winter, and in summer 

 the growth is vigorous and picturesque above most 

 shrubs on the lawn. 



Deutzias are well-known and popular shrubs, but they 

 have a formal, stiff habit that suggests the idea that they 

 belong to the garden rather than the lawn ; and weigelas 

 and lilacs and altheas all give one a similar feeling. It 

 admits of no question that in full bloom they are beau- 

 tiful, but during the remainder of the year their appear- 

 ance does not blend well with other shrubs on the lawn. 

 The Japanese and Chinese lilacs are less open to this 

 criticism than the common kind, vulgaris. 



It is strange that the hazel bushes, both American and 

 European, are so little used on the lawn. Their leaves 

 are interesting in shape, and the habit of the plant is 

 compact and picturesque and effective in masses, whether 

 standing alone or in combination \vith other shrubs. It 

 has a permanent look and great vigor united mth much 

 refinement. 



