SELECTIONS OF SHRUBS 43 



PhyUodoce j^ — Bryanthua] oErulea (Mountain Heath). A low alpine shrub, from 3 to 6 

 inches high. Flowers pinkish purple, July, 



PotentiUa tridentata. Plant from 4 to 8 inches high, forming thick mats. Foliage bronz- 

 ing in Winter. Flowers white. Strawberry-like. 



Rhododendron [ — rAsalea hinodegiTa.] A low shrub, better than R. amana, leaves large, 

 and flowers a brilliant red. Late May and early June. 



Bushes for Wet Places. When planting grounds it is often 

 desired to obtain shrubs for planting in wet places, some that will at- 

 tract either by their flowers, berries or other features. 



There is a shrub which always comes to mind when this subject 

 is thought of, the Clethra alnifolia, because of the profuseness of its 

 flowering emd the fragrance of its flowers. It blooms in Midsummer or 

 later, the bush usueJly covered with panicles of white flowers of peculiar 

 fragrance. In its wild state it is usually found on the beinks of streams, 

 or otherwise near water, so that it is well suited when planted in similar 

 positions. There is another native Clethra, the C. acuminata, but the 

 alnifoUa is the best for the pvu-pose. 



The White Fringe, Chionanthus virginica, is at home in a wet 

 place. It is wild in situations which are almost imder water at times. 

 This has white flowers, too, but they come early in Spring with the 

 leaves, and because of the fringelike appearance of the flowers the shrubs 

 ane called Old Man's Beard in some portions of the South. 



Another shrub of great merit is the MagnoHa glauca, the one of 

 our swamps and low grounds, which is. almost evergreen, and famous 

 everywhere for the fragrance of its flowers. It is often found side by 

 side with the White Fringe. Both of these, though often Usted as 

 shrubs, grow to the size of a small tree in time, if kept to one shoot 

 when yoimg. 



The Bayberry, Myrica cerifera, is a good wet position shrub, de- 

 lighting in deunp ground. When grown in groups where one shelters 

 the other they are somewhat evergreen in character. The flowers are 

 greenish white and small, making no display to attract, but the berries 

 when ripe are covered with a white, wetxy substance, making the 

 clusters of them conspicuous and attractive. 



Found in similar situations to the above mentioned shrubs is the 

 Azalea viscosa, a species renowned for the fragrance of its blooms. 

 The flowers are piu-e white, expanding in July and August. It is one 

 of the most admired of Azaleas, yet not common in cultivation. 



In Vacciniums there is a beautiful species for wet ground, the V. 

 corymbosum. It delights in such situations. In Spring it presents to 

 view beautiful clusters of white flowers. Edible, dark colored berries 

 follow; later on, with the approach of Autumn, the foliage becomes of 

 a lovely orange bronze color. It is then almost foremost of aU the fo- 

 liage trees and shrubs famous for their Autumnal display of color. 



