r22 FLOWER GARDENING 
the ability to stand severe cold. The Chinese and 
Japanese buddleias, which aré fairly hardy in the 
North when planted in a sheltered location, are in 
this class. The false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) 
and the blue spirea (Caryopteris mastacanthus) 
have the same relative hardiness. The beautiful 
blue hybrids of ceanothus are less to be relied 
upon above the latitude of Washington, though 
Gloire de Versailles has pulled through the win- 
ter near New York. This is a fine variety to 
contrast with the hardy native New Jersey tea 
(Ceanothus americanus), which has white flowers. 
Several shrubs with pea-shaped bloom are useful 
for secondary effects. Pink, purplish and white 
blossoms are furnished by four species of tick tre- 
foil (Desmodium). These bloom late and their 
growth is such that they may be placed in any 
herbaceous border. The bladder senna (Colutea 
arborescens) will add yellow tinged with red and 
there are some fine new forms of broom—some- 
times listed now under cytisus instead of genista. 
The Schipka cytisus (C. Schipkaensis ), with whitish 
blossoms, is quite hardy. 
The dwarf barberries are worthy of a place in 
the garden for three good reasons—blossoms, fo- 
liage and fruit. The common European barberry 
(Berberis vulgaris), either the type or the kind with 
purple foliage, ought to be grown more on the 
garden’s edge than it is; in autumn, especially, it 
is splendidly effective. Then there are the beau- 
tiful species of elder (Sambucus), of sumac (Rhus) 
