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vulgare, var. sempervirens ; silver and spruce 

 firs, and several other free-growing conifers, 

 whose tops being cut out when they have nearly 

 attained the desired height, they assume a 

 shrub-like character, and often become exceed- 

 ingly grotesque in habit; Rhamnus alaternus ; 

 Spartium junceum ; Taxus baccata ; Thuja occi- 

 dentalis. With the exceptions of Rhamnus and 

 Spartium, which should be planted when young, 

 the others may be transplanted when of a large 

 size. 



Deciduous. — Sambucua niger and its varieties ; 

 Spiraea Lindleyana, sorbifolia ; Viburnum Opu- 

 lus ; Syringa vulgaris ; Colutea arborescens ; 

 Cornus alba, florida, sanguinea; Philadelphus 

 coronariuB ; Cytisus nigricans, laburnum, 

 alpinus, and their varieties; Symphoria race- 

 mosa ; Aralia japonica ; Crataegus, many spe- 

 cies ; Kerriajaponica; Salix alba, violacea ; Ro- 

 binia pseudo-acacia ; Tamarix galica; Berberis 

 vulgaris, and several others; Piptanthus nepal- 

 eusis; Rhus toxicodendron, cotinus, and several 

 other species ; Gleditschia triacanthos, sinensis; 

 Gymnocladus canadensis ; Pyrus spectabilis, and 

 several other species ; Magnolia ,pyramidata ; 

 Lonicera tartarica, alpigena, and several others, 



SELECT LIST OF SHRUBS FOR SMALL 

 SHRUBBERIES. 

 Abelia floribunda, uniflora; Aralia spinosa; 

 Berberis atro - purpurea, dulcis, repens, Dar- 

 winii, elegans, trifoliata, empetrifolia, fascicu- 

 laris; Buddlaea Lindleyana; Buxus balericus; 

 Calycanthus floridus; Ceanothus azureus, cunea- 

 tus, papillosus, dentatus, rigidus; Cerasus ilioi- 

 folia; Cotoneaster thymnifolia, denticulata, ro- 

 tundifolia, mycrophylla; Cytisus nubiginensis, 

 Weldenii, supimis, sessiliflorus, capitatus, nigri- 

 cans; Coriaria; Daphne cneorum and its varie- 

 gated variety, alpina, coUina, Mezereum, and its 

 varieties, autumnale and alba, pontioa, ponti- 

 ca variegata, Tarton-raira, japonica ; Deutzia 

 scabra, corymbosa, Mexicana, gracilis ; Escal- 

 lonia maorantha, rubra, Montevidensis; Euony- 

 mus fimbriatus, japonicus, with its gold and 

 silver striped varieties; Eurybia ilicifolia; Fa- 

 biana imbricata; Forsythia viridissima; For- 

 tunea chinensis ; Gaultheria prooumbens, Shal- 

 lon ; Garrya elliptica, maorophylla, laurifolia ; 

 Kadsura japonica; Laurus glauca, regalis; Li- 

 monialaureola; Mitrariacoccinea; Myrica Cali- 

 fornica; Pernettya muoronata; Spiraea pruni- 

 folia, pleno, caUosa; Skimnia japonica; Ulex 

 europea flore pleno ; Weigela rosea, amabilis ; 

 Helianthemum, all the species and varieties; 

 Cistns, most of the genus in warm situations ; 

 Polygonum vaccinifolium ; Ononua rotundi- 

 folius; Poteutilla floribunda, frutieosa. 



SELECT LIST OF HARDY AND HALF-HARDY 

 SHRUBS AND LOW-GROWING TREES RE- 

 MARKABLE FOR THEIR FOLIAGE, HABIT, OR 

 FLOWERS. 



Acacia dealbata, Julibrissin, afSnis, lophantha; 

 AdenocarpuB intermedius ; Ailanthus glaudu- 

 losus ; Abelia floribunda, uniflora; Aralia spi- 

 nosa, japonica ; Arctoataphylos tomentosus ; 

 -lEsculus Pavia, rosea, flava, spicata, prcecox, 

 spectabilis, pallida; Arbutus unedo, procera. 



Croomii, longifolia, Milleri, salicifolia, magni- 

 flea, Andrachne; Amygdalus communis, com- 

 munis-amara, dulcis flo. pleno; Amelanchier 

 florida, ovulis, vulgaris, sanguinea ; Anagyris 

 fcetida; Amorpha frutieosa, Lewisii, nana, gla- 

 bra ; Aristotelia Macqui, var. fol. variegata, in 

 warm situations ; Asimina triloba ; Aucuba ja- 

 ponica, latimaculata; Azara dentata, integrifolia; 

 Benthamia fragifera; Berberis aquifolia, Dar- 

 winii, dulcis, sinensis, tenuifolia, fascicularis, 

 Fortunii, Jamesonii, trifoliata, Wallichiana, 

 atro-purpurea, repens, elegans, macrophylla, 

 impetrifolia, aristata, asiatica, angulosa, emargi- 

 nata, Fischeri, buxifolia, cuneata, nepalensis; 

 Biota glauca, orientalis ; Buxus balerica, arbo- 

 rescens, and its varieties ; Broussonetia dissecta ; 

 Buddlea globosa, Lindleyana ; Bupleurum fruti- 

 cosum ; Calycanthus floridus, macrophyllus, la- 

 vigatus, glaucus; Calophacawolgarica; Castanea 

 Califomica ; Calycarpa japonica ; Ceanothus ri- 

 gidus, papillosus, azureus, cuneatus, dendatus, 

 integrifolius, divericatus, integerrimus ; Cerasus 

 ilicifolius ; Chionanthus montanus, virginicus ; 

 Chimonanthus fragrans, grandiflorus, luteus 

 (requires a wall) ; Chamosrops excelsa, a palm 

 from the north of China, hardy in most places ; 

 Cineraria maritima ; Cistus formosus, ladani- 

 ferus, and most of the genus; Clianthus puni- 

 ceus, requires the shelter of a wall in most 

 places ; Cereis japonica ; Coronilla coronata, 

 Emerus, pentaphylla, glauca, and valentina, in 

 warm places ; Cotoneaster buxifolius, thymni- 

 folius, comptus, marginatus, microphyllus, ro- 

 tundifolia, denticulata, affinis; Caragana, most of 

 the genus ; Crataegus, many of the genus ; Clethra 

 alnifolia, pubescens ; Comptonia asplenifolia ; 

 CoUetia spinosa, ferox ; Colutea cnienta, fruti- 

 eosa, arborescens; Corchorus japonicus; Cydonia 

 japonica, sinensis ; Cytisus, most of the genus ; 

 Daphne, all the genus ; Deutziascabra, corymbosa, 

 crenata, gracilis,, sanguinea, Mexicana ; Dirca 

 palustris ; Edgworthia chrysantha ; Elaeagnus 

 argentea, reflexa, macrophylla ; Escallonia, all 

 the genus ; Euonymus Javanicus, citrifolius, 

 fimbriatus, japonicus ; Empetnim allum ; Erio- 

 botrya japonica, requires the shelter of a wall ; 

 Ephedra distachya, monostachya ; Eurybia ilici- 

 folia ; Fabiana imbricata ; Forsythia viridis- 

 sima ; Fortunea chinensis ; Fontanesia philly- 

 raeoides ; Fuchsia, most of the species and va- 

 rieties, discolor and Riccartonia being the hardi- 

 est — the others, although killed to the ground, 

 are seldom killed at the roots ; Garrya elliptica, 

 laurifolia, macrophylla, Macfadyeniana ; Gledit- 

 schia horrida, inermis, triacanthos; Gordonia 

 Lasianthus ; Genista tinctoria pleno, and all the 

 genus ; Hydrangea arborescens, nivea, querci- 

 folia, and in warm places hortensis ; Hibiscus 

 Syriacus, and varieties; Ilex dipyrena, lataspina, 

 latifolia, Torajo, orassifolia, furcata, Sheppardii, 

 ;with the numerous varieties of aquifolia; Indi- 

 gofera decora, australis, verricosa; lUicium flori- 

 danum, religiosum ; Kadsura japonica ; Kolreu- 

 teria paniculata ; Lardizabala biternata ; Laurus 

 benzoin, sassafras, nobilis, regalis ; Leyces- 

 teria formosa ; Liquidambar styraciflua, imber- 

 be; Ligustrum japonicum, ovalifolium, spica- 

 tum ; Limonia laureola ; Lindleya mespiloides ; 

 Liriodendron tulipifera ; Mahonia aquifolia, 



