with her unparalleled individual blossoms that are 

 an inch across; the incomparable Ludwig Von 

 Spaeth, the richest purple with a crimson glow, 

 and President Grevy with unique, unusually 

 double delicate lavender-blue flowers. 



Stephanandra Hexuosa is an uncommon 

 shrub of much value, because of its green lace- 

 like foliage and pendulous habit, the delicate 

 glowing coral-red of the new shoots, and the 

 singular crimson-purple glow of its Autumn col- 

 orings. This shrub is really more beautiful in 

 Autumn than in June. It is a dwarf shrub, grow- 

 ing for me not more than four feet. There is the 

 dwarf Japanese Cercis, or Red Bud tree, that 

 blooms with the dogwood in the Spring. It will 

 grow more than eight feet tall and is foliaged 

 right to the base. It is cheerfully lovely when 

 massed with the dogwood and the weeping Jap- 

 anese Cherries, and with the Stephanandra for 

 a border. 



There is a ruddy barked shrub, very much 

 loved in Massachusetts — the Comus siberica. I 

 saw it at its best in late October, when bright 

 effects are so welcome. It was massed in the 



