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BERBERIS thunbergi minor (Box barberry). 



A good dwarf form with much smaller leaves and 

 fruits. Excellent plant for the rock garden, edgings 

 or hedges. 



B. thunbergi plurifolia erecta (Truehedge Col- 

 umnberry) U. S. Plant Patent No. 110. A 



columnar plant of great density, with healthy, green 

 foliage richly and deeply tinted in the autumn. 

 Bears a heavy crop of red fruit. Easily trimmed or 

 trained. Especially valuable in hedges or formal 

 gardens. 



B. davidi magnifica (Oxeye Butterfly Bush). 



Graceful, spreading with light green foliage and 

 rich purple flowers on the terminals of arching 

 stems. Very fragrant and attractive to butterflies. 

 Numerous multi-colored insects hovering over a mass 

 of these plants is one of Nature's most entrancingly 

 beautiful sights. Blooming from mid-summer until 

 autumn, they supply pretty cut flowers when most 

 other plants are out of blossom. 



BUDDLEIA— He de France (Butterfly Bush, 

 Summer Lilac). A splendid, vigorous, new variety 

 with fragrant masses of brilliant rosy purple flower 

 spikes from midsummer to autumn. 



CALLICARPA purpurea (Chinese Beauty- 

 berry). Small, charming, bears numerous small flat 

 clusters of pink flowers followed by groups of little 

 round lilac colored fruits which honestly earns for it 

 the name of Beautyberry. 



CALYCANTHUS floridus (Common Sweet- 

 shrub). Bears an abundance of fragrant, velvety, 



maroon flowers. It is a handsome, upright shrub 

 that is well suited for border planting. 



CARYOPTERIS incana (Common Bluebeard) 

 (Blue Spirea). A well-planned border planting 

 must have a few late-flowering shrubs to give it 

 color in autumn. The blue blossoms appear in 

 numerous small clusters along the stems of this 

 pretty little shrub in September. 



CERCIS chinensis (Chinese Red Bud). The 



numerous rose-pink flowers, appearing in early spring 

 before the foliage, make this a wonderful shrub to 

 place in front of an evergreen planting. 



CHIONANTHUS virginica (White Fringe- 

 tree). Aptly named because of clusters of greenish 

 white fringe flowers, borne in early June. Fragrant, 

 handsome native, with rich green foliage. 



CITRUS trifoliata (Hardy Orange). Vigorous. 

 Bears ornamental orange fruit the size of a plum. 

 Flowers are white. Foliage and branches a deep 

 glossy green. Large thorns make it well suited for 

 defensive hedge purposes. 



CLETHRA alnifolia ( Summer sweet) . One of 



the best late flowering shrubs; adapted to a variety of 

 uses. Grows from 3 to 10 feet tall. Bears fleecy 

 spires of white flowers having a spicy fragrance. Ex- 

 cellent in mixed shrubberies and for naturalizing 

 along streams and ponds. 



COMPTONIA asplenifolia (Sweetfern). A 



dwarf plant with scented, fern-like, dark green foli- 

 age. For its foliage effect, probably the best plant 

 for naturalizing on high barren locations. Its long 

 cord-like roots make it useful for holding banks of 

 sterile, sandy, or stony soil. 



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CORNUS ■ Shrub Dogwoods 



HE SHRUB DOGWOODS are hardy plants bearing showy flowers and fruit and hand- 

 some foliage that assumes brilliant autumnal colors. They are very desirable for shrub 

 plantings, grow nearly as well under large shade trees as in sunny exposed positions, and 

 thrive in almost any soil. In the naturalistic planting they appear to good advantage and 

 are especially effective on the borders of ponds and woodland streams. 



CORNUS alba (Tartarian Dogwood). A 



wealth of white, spring bloom, attractive red bark 

 in winter and numerous white berries in the fall 

 make this a very desirable shrub for the border or 

 screen planting. 



C. amonum (sericea) (Silky Dognood). Reddish- 

 purple, spreading branches bearing white flowers in 

 spring and blue or sometimes white berries in the fall. 



C. mas (Cornelian Cherry). The best of the 

 Flowering Dogwoods for city conditions. In early 

 spring, it is covered with a mass of cheerful yellow 

 flowers before the leaves appear, followed by single 

 red fruits. Dense structure, very hardy. 



C. paniculata (Gray Dogwood). A very beau- 

 tiful member of the Dogwood family bearing creamy 

 white flowers in late summer. 



C. sanguinea (Bloodtwig Dogwood). An up- 

 right shrub with white flowers, red branches and 

 black fruit. 



