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it cannot be multiplied so rapidly as the 

 common snowball and therefore costs more. 

 The Japanese snowball is known to nursery- 

 men as Viburnum plicatum, but it is properly 

 Viburnum tomentosum var. plicatum. Its 

 flower clusters are three inches across (an 

 inch smaller than the common snowball), 

 and it has very characteristic, deeply veined 

 leaves which you will not forget if you see 

 them once. They have beautiful bronzy 

 tones in autumn. It grows eight feet high, 

 while the common snowball will attain 

 twelve. The single forms of both species 

 are less showy but better for planting on a 

 large scale in shrubberies or parks, since they 

 are more nature-like, and because of their 

 berries. The common snowball does not 

 make fruit, but the single form has scarlet 

 fruits which are beautiful from August 

 through the winter and are not eaten by 

 birds. Those of the Japanese species begin 

 to color by the end of July and are most at- 

 tractive in their scarlet stage before they turn 

 to bluish black. There are twenty-six other 

 species of Viburnum worth cultivating, and 

 most of them beautiful in flower, fruit, and 

 autumn colors. 



Another huge group full of good things is 



Spiraea. Aside from that magenta horror, 

 Spiraa Bumalda var. Anthony Waterer, the 

 three most popular species are doubtless S. 

 Van Houttei, Thunbergii and prunijolia. 

 These are all white-flowered and succeed 

 one another in May and June. Van Houtte's 

 spiraea is the bridal wreath, which I believe is 

 the most beautiful of all spiraeas. (See Fig. 

 149). Thunberg's spiraea blooms earlier and 

 there is a hybrid of it called Spircea arguta 

 which Mr. Alfred Rehder considers the 

 showiest of all early - blooming spiraeas. 

 The double-flowered spiraea that one sees 

 everywhere is Spircea prunijolia var. fore- 

 pi eno. 



The best bush honeysuckle for general 

 cultivation is the Tartarian, in pink, white, 

 and red varieties. 



Personally, I have no use for weigelas, and 

 if there is anything I dearly love to avoid it 

 is discussions on how to pronounce and spell 

 Weigela and Diervilla, the latter of which is 

 now the standard botanical name. But there 

 is no use in denying that weigelas are im- 

 mensely popular and that they are the only 

 shrubs which will flower profusely in fairly 

 dense shade, e. g. under trees. Here is a list 

 of varieties recommended by the Cyclopedia 



of American Horticulture : A. Carriere, rose- 

 carmine, changing to red, with yellow spots 

 in throat; Congo, purplish crimson; Con- 

 quete, deep pink; Desboisi, deeD rose; E. 

 Andre, dark, brownish purple; Eva Rathke, 

 deep carmine-red; Groenewegeni, red out- 

 side, whitish within; Gustav Mallet, light 

 pink, bordered white; Mme. Coutourier, 

 yellowish white, changing to pink; Mme. 

 Lemoine, white changing to pink; Mme. 

 Tellier, white with delicate blush; Othello, 

 carmine, brownish outside; P. Duchartre, 

 deep amaranth; Pecheur fils, violet-red; Van 

 Houttei, carmine; Steltzneri, dark red. 



There is no trouble about having enough 

 names and descriptions to choose from. 

 The catalogues are full of them. The only 

 difficulty is to narrow down the list to things 

 that are planted by the million. These are 

 the ones mentioned above. The best list of 

 shrubs for special purposes are those in 

 "How to Make a Flower Garden." 



Don't prune your shrubs before they 

 blossom! Do it after! If you prune your 

 shrubs in April you will cut off a lot of flower 

 buds. Wait for the article on pruning 

 shrubs in The Garden Magazine. It will 

 appear in plenty of time. 



149. The bridal wreath, mos! beautiful of nil spiraeas (S. Van Houttei). Don't let an ignorant laborer cut off all these beautiful, long, arching sprays. He wants io 

 do it to "give the bush some shape!" Don't prune any shrub before flowering, or you will sacrifice flower buds. Wait for an article in this magazine 



