THE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS — SHRUBS 305 
Plum-leaved haw, V. prunifolium.*t 
Leaves smooth and glossy; 8-15 ft. 
Sweet viburnum or sheep-berry, V. Lentago.* 
Tall coarse bush, or becoming a small tree. 
Arrow-wood, V. dentatum.* 
Usually 5-8 ft., but becoming taller. 
Dockmackie, V. acerifolium.* 
Maple-like foliage; 4-5 ft. 
Withe-rod, lilac viburnum, V. cassinoides.* 
2-5 ft. 
Other native and exotic viburnums are desirable. 
Xanthoceras, Xanthoceras sorbifolia. 
Allied to the buckeyes; hardy in parts of New England; 8-10 ft.; hand- 
some. 
Prickly ash, Zanthoxylum Americanum.* 
Shrubs for the South. 
Many of the shrubs in the preceding catalogue are also well 
adapted to the southeastern states. The following brief list 
includes some of the most recommendable kinds for the region 
south of Washington, although some of them are hardy farther 
North. The asterisk (*) denotes that the plant is native to 
this country. 
The crape myrtle (Lagerstremia Indica) is to the South 
what the lilac is to the North, a standard dooryard shrub; 
produces handsome red (or blush or white) flowers all summer; 
8-12 feet. : 
Reliable deciduous shrubs for the South are: althea, Hibiscus 
Syriacus, in many forms; Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis; Azalea 
calendulacea,* mollis, and the Ghent azalea (A. Pontica); blue 
spirea, Caryopteris Mastacanthus; European forms of ceano- 
thus; French mulberry, Callicarpa Americana*; calycanthus*; 
flowering willow, Chilopsis linearis*; fringe, Chionanthus Vir- 
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