476 DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. 



THE BUDDLEA. Buddka. 



Some varieties of this Chilian shrub have been tried in opert 

 ground near New York, and the Buddlea Lindleyana is advertised 

 by some of our leading nursery-men. The genus is not considered 

 hardy in England, and is not likely to be in the northern States. 



The Globe-flowered Buddlea, B. globosa, in Chili, is a larga- 

 spreading shrub, twelve to fifteen feet high, with small balls of 

 bright yellow flowers and long lanceolate opposite leaves, growing; 

 at right angles with their twigs, to which they are attached. 



THE BUTTONWOOD. Cephalanthus. 



This is not our American plane tree, or sycamore, which is- 

 sometimes called the buttonwood tree, but a compact, glossy-leaved 

 shrub, indigenous throughout the States on the borders of swamps 

 and in wet shady places. For such places it is one of the best 

 shrubs, forming a globular bush, well covered with thick glossy 

 leaves. The flowers are yellowish-white, and appear in globular 

 clusters, about one inch in diameter, in July and August. Height 

 four to six feet. In dry sunny exposures the foliage is rusty, less- 

 abundant, and less glossy. 



THE BERBERRY. Berheris. 



A spreading, many-stemmed, deciduous prickly shrub ; the- 

 habit of growth being much like that of a gooseberry bush. 

 Height from four to ten feet. Leaves small, very glossy, obovate, 

 serrate, with hairy edges ; flowers yellow ; May and June. Berries 

 red ; ripe in September. Grown in England for its fruit. It is a 

 long-lived shrub, and sometimes grows into a small tree. 



The Common Berberry. B. vulgaris. — When well grown, in 

 a warm soil, it forms a very pretty shrub. Its short racemes of 

 small yellow flowers, in May, though not showy, are pretty. When 



