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It is a .shrub that can be used in large 

 masses without becoming tiresome, and "it 

 would look well in company with barberry 

 and roses. It is inexpensive, costing ten to 

 fifteen cents in large quantities, and it can 

 be collected from the open fields cheaply 

 and with little loss. It will endure much in 

 the way of dry, poor .soil, and after the first 

 year will take care of itself. 



The beach plum (Prunus niaritirna) is 

 is another good native to use in large quan- 

 tities. It will grow in the poorest soil, 

 in pure sand on the coast, or gravelly banks 

 inland. Its early flowers are white or some- 

 times pinkish. The foliage is rough, dark, 

 sometimes becoming rusty. The fruit is not 

 only good in jellies and jam, but is mag- 

 nificent in color, which ranges from the un- 

 ripe green, through red purples, to blue 

 black. It is borne in great quantities. The 

 branches have the characteristic shining red 

 bark of the plum-cherry family. Many peo- 

 ple who are familiar with the beach plum 

 as it grows along the coast do not realize 

 what a good plant it is inland. 



The American roses are as remarkable 

 for their flowers as they are desirable for 

 their beauty at other times. 



R. Carolina grows to eight feet, and likes 

 moist ground. It is often seen in swamps 

 where wild iris grows. Rosa ulcida grows 

 to six feet. It makes few suckers, and has 

 good foliage. The pips stay plump and red 

 all winter. 



R. Lucida alba is a variety with green 

 stems and white flowers. It should be 

 planted with Rosa inultiflora or serigcra, 

 rather than with its red-stemmed relatives. 



R. blanda is five feet high, with few 

 prickles or thorns. This and the next do 

 well in dry places. 



R. humilis, three feet high. 



R. iiitida, one and a half feet high. 



These roses could be planted in the order 

 given, beginning with Carolina at the back, 

 and stepping down to nitida in front, and 

 they would form an impenetrable thicket, 

 beautiful at all seasons. Throughout the 

 summer there would always be flowers, be- 

 ginning with blanda in May, and all the 

 others in June and July, ending with the 

 last blooms of Carolina in August. 



The viburnum family is a large one, and 

 •11 our native varieties are excellent. They 

 ranee in size from V. Lenlago (30 feet) to 

 the little V. acerifolium. 



The best are molle and dentatum, with 

 large rough leaves in gold masses, good 

 color and texture ; prunifolium, cassinoides, 

 ])ubescens, lower with pear-shaped shining 

 leaves ; and acerifolium, low with leaves like 

 the maple. All have white flowers in flat 

 cymes and berries that are ornamental much 

 of the year. They should be planted in 

 groups as above, adding V. opulu to the first 

 group for its fruits, and no shrubs could be 

 better as a border plantation, as a screen 

 alGn.i' a road, or as an under shrub in thin 

 woods. All turn well in the fall, dentatum 

 and molle lemon-yellow, prunifolium and 

 cassinoides orange and acerifolium deep 

 purple. They grow well in moist places, 

 and could be used near lakes with clethra 

 and cephalanthus. 



Acscidiis parviflora (Ae, marcrostachya) 

 grows from four to ten feet high, branching 

 to the ground and forming a rounded mass 

 fifteen to twenty feet in diameter. It re- 

 minds one of the horrid Catalpa Bungei, 

 grafted low, but it is really a handsome 

 shrub, lighter and more graceful than the 

 ordinary horse chestnut, and very striking 

 m July and August, when its white, spiry 

 flowers beyond the line of foliage make it 

 look like a cake with candles. Nothing 

 would be better to plant singly on the lawn 

 or in a prominent position near the house. 



