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TREES AND SHRUBS 



Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order, 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



*Deutzia hybrida 

 *D. parviflora 



Enkianthus campan- 

 ulatus 



Epigaea repens 

 (Trailing Arbutus, 

 Ground Laurel, 

 Mayflower) 



Hybrid 

 China 



Japan ; 

 Ericaceae 



Ericacese. 

 The most popular 



of wild flowers 

 in New England 



White and 



pink 



White ; 



end of 



April and 



early May 



Dark red 



Pale white, 

 with pink 

 tint; very 



sweetly 

 scented ; 



Spring 



Erinacea pungens 



Spain ; 

 Leguminosae 



Blue; 



May and 



June 



nei compacta, all of which 

 merit a place in gardens. 



An upright shrub s feet high, 

 withflattened clusters of white 

 blossoms, very suggestive of 

 those of the Hawthorn. 



A very charming and interest- 

 ing shrub resembling one of 

 the Andromeda. A tree in 

 its native country. The 

 flowers are pendent and in 

 clusters. 



In Bailey's ' ' Cyclopaedia of 

 American Horticulture " it 

 is mentioned : " The cul- 

 tivation of the Trailing 

 Arbutus, especially in dis- 

 tricts where it has been 

 exterminated by ruthless 

 ' mayflower parties,' always 

 attracts interest. . . . Occurs 

 in sandy and rocky woods, 

 especially under evergreen 

 trees, in earliest Spring. 

 Thrives only in humid soil 

 and shady situations. Trans- 

 planted with difiiculty. Best 

 on north side of a hill in 

 bright, sandy soil, mixed with 

 leafmould. Onceestablished, 

 it spreads rapidly. Propa- 

 gated by division of old 

 plants, layers, or cuttings. 

 Seeds are rarely found, but 

 when found may be used, 

 though slow to develop." 

 My experience is that it likes 

 a damp, shady ditch side in 

 peaty soil. Mr. G. F. Wilson 

 planted it near to Shortia 

 galacifolia, and the two were 

 quite happy together. 



Somewhat resembling the 

 dwarf-growing Genistas is 

 this extremely rare and 

 pretty little shrub. It grows 

 very slowly, and seldom 

 attains a height of 9 inches, 

 spreading out in a mat-like 

 mass rather than growing in 

 an upward direction. The 

 branches are short, stiff, and 

 spiny, and what few leaves 

 there are are small. The 

 pea - shaped blossoms come 

 from the axils of short, spiny 

 branches, and are blue. 'This 

 plant has been in cultivation 

 for a great number of years, 

 never, however, having be- 

 come at all common. This 



