FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 345 



Name. 



*A. canadensis 



A. oligocarpa 



A. vulgaris 



'Andromedapolifolia 

 (Mooiwort) 



Berberis Aquifolium 

 (Ash Barberry, 

 Syn Mahonia 



Aquifolium) 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order, 



Canada 



Northern United 



States, 



and found in bogs 



and swamps 



Etu'ope 



Ericaceae ; 



North America 



and 



Northern Europe, 



including Britain 



Berberidese ; 



Western North 



America 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



White ; 

 April 



White ; 



April and 



May 



White ; 

 April 



Pink; 

 Summer 



Yellow ; 



early 



Spring 



'B. buxifolia (Box- 

 leaved Barberry, 

 Syn B. dulcisj 



Chili 



Yellow ; 

 April and 

 early May 



General Remarks. 



This flowers about a month 

 before A. alnifolia, and is one 

 of the first trees to greet us 

 with its wealth of snow-white 

 blossom in spring. It should 

 be planted in a free group. 

 Juneberry and Snowy Mes- 

 pilus are its popular names. 

 Eighteen synonyms are given 

 in the list referred to, the 

 most usual being A. Botrya- 

 pium. No small garden 

 should be without this lovely 

 small tree; it is between 6 

 and 8 feet high, spreading, 

 and has purplish fruits, whilst 

 the leaves die off deep golden 

 yellow, so that the Snowy 

 Mespilus has many beautiful 

 phases. There are several 

 varieties, but the species is 

 as beautiful as any. 



This is quite a dwarf shrub, 3 

 feet to 4 feet, and the indivi- 

 dual flowers are J inch across. 

 As it is found in moist places 

 it should be tried in such posi- 

 tions in Britain. 



This has been in EngUsh gar- 

 dens about 300 years. It 

 is like the Canadian June- 

 berry or Snowy Mespilus, but 

 not so beautiful. If only one 

 Mespilus is required, choose 

 M. canadensis. 



A small shrub about a foot high , 

 with pretty pink wax -like 

 flowers borne throughout the 

 summer months. A moist, 

 peaty soil is necessary to its 

 welldoing. 



A common , but handsome ever- 

 green shrub, reachingaheight 

 of 3 to s feet, and clothed 

 with dark-green pinnate and 

 leathery leaves. The flowers 

 are bright golden ; they are 

 succeeded by berries, purple 

 when ripe, which add to the 

 ornamental features of the 

 plant. It is one of the 

 best shrubs for growing 

 under trees, and in many 

 places is planted for game 

 cover. 



An upright evergreen bush 5 

 feet high, clothed with small 

 box-like leaves, and bearing 

 drooping blossoms borne on 

 unusually long stalks. It is 

 not so handsome as B. Dar- 



