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CORNUS stolonifera (Red-osier Dogwood). 



White flowers in spring, followed by white berries in 

 fall. Brilliant red bark all winter. 



C. stolonifera aurea (Goldentwig Dogwood). 



Bright golden twigs, give interest to the winter land- 

 scape. 



CORYLUS avellana atropurpurea (Hazel-nut) 

 (Purple Filbert). Strong growing, valuable in the 

 shrub border. Grows from ten to fifteen feet high. 

 Of Italian origin it is found growing in great abun- 

 dance near Avellana, a City of Naples. Flowers are 

 small and of a beautiful red color, appearing in 

 April. The leaves arc purple and the fruit is edible. 



CYDONIA • Flowering Quince 



HANDSOME spreading shrub with spiny branches and flowers gorgeously shaded 

 from scarlet to peach blow, borne in great profusion in May. After the leaves fall, large, 

 yellowish fruits appear. Standing alone or in clustered masses they are beautiful and 

 when planted in hedges they make a strong, low defense, especially showy in the spring. 

 They are slow growing, seldom attaining more than six feet in height, and are treasured 

 for the ease in which their blossoms may be forced open in the house in winter. 



C. japonica rosea-plena (Double Pink Flowering 

 Quince). Beautiful, semi-double, rose colored flow- 

 ers and pear-shaped yellow fruit. 



CYDONIA japonica (Flowering Quince). 



Spreading, compact covered in May with brilliant 

 scarlet flowers. 



C. japonica alba rosea (Variegated Flowering 

 Quince). The most attractive flowering Quince, 

 covered in early spring with white, partly pink 

 flowers. 



C. japonica ganjardii (Salmon Flowering 

 Quince). An attractive shrub, bearing salmon- 

 orange flowers in the spring. 



CYTISUS scoparius (Scotch Broom). Hand- 

 some with erect slender branches bearing rich green 

 foliage and abundant, small, yellow flowers in May. 

 Numerous branchlets are always dark green, long and 

 whip-like, and give it an evergreen appearance. The 

 flowers are followed by brown pods filled with small 

 seeds, considered a delicacy by birds, especially quail. 



Feiv lawns could be 

 lovelier than this. It 

 blends with the grace- 

 ful curves of the 

 perennial and shrub 

 borders, which are 

 accented by an inter- 

 esting background of 

 trees of a variety of 

 sizes and species. 



Richard Averill Smith 



