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Kerria, corchorus, Kerria Japonica. 
A bramble-like shrub, producing attractive yellow single or double flowers 
from July until September; twigs very green in winter. There is a varie- 
gated-leaved form. Good for banks and borders; 2-3 ft. 
Sand myrtle, Leiophyllum buxifolium.* 
Evergreen, more or less procumbent; 2-3 ft. 
Lespedeza, Lespedeza bicolor.t 
Reddish or purple small flowers in late summer and fall; 4-8 ft. 
Lespedeza, L. Sieboldii (Desmodium penduliflorum).t 
Rose-purple large flowers in fall; killed to the ground in winter, but it 
blooms the following year; 4-5 ft. 
Lespedeza, L. Japonica (Desmodium Japonicum). 
Flowers white, later than those of LZ. Sieboldii; springs up from the root. 
Privet, Ligustrum vulgare, L. ovalifolium (L. Californicum), and L. 
Amurense.t 
Much used for low hedges and borders; 4-12 ft.; several other species. 
Tartarian honeysuckle, Lonicera Tatarica.t 
One of the most chaste and comely of shrubs; 6-10 ft.; pink-flowered ; 
several varieties. 
Regel's honeysuckle, L. spinosa (LZ. Alberti).t 
Blooms a little later than above, pink; 2-4 ft. 
Fragrant honeysuckle, L. fragrantissima. 
Flowers exceedingly fragrant, preceding leaves; 2-6 ft.; one of the earliest 
things to bloom in spring. 
There are other upright honeysuckles, all interesting. 
Mock-orange (Syringa incorrectly), Philadelphus coronarius.t 
In many forms and much prized; 6-12 ft. 
Other species are in cultivation, but the garden nomenclature is confused. 
The forms known as P. speciosus, P. grandiflorus, and var. speciosissimus t are 
good; also the species P. pubescens,* P. Gordonianus,* and P. microphyllus,* 
the last being dwarf, with small white very fragrant flowers. 
Nine-bark, Physocarpus opulifolius (Spirea opulifolia).* 
A good vigorous hardy bush, with clusters of interesting pods following the 
flowers; the var. aureat is one of the best yellow-leaved shrubs; 6-10 ft. 
