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MYRICA cerifera (Southern Waxmyrtle). An 

 excellent shrub for the naturalistic garden. Its 

 beautiful, rich green foliage turns to purplish-bronze 

 tones in the autumn. Bears curious, bluish-white, 

 aromatic berries, which are covered with a wax-like 

 substance. Much sought after by birds. 



NANDINA domestica (Nandina). This charm- 

 ing shrub is planted near homes in China for good 

 luck. It has pink-tipped leaves in the spring and 

 red leaves in autumn. The white flowers are fol- 



lowed by red fruit. In a sheltered position it is 

 practically evergreen. 



PAEONIA suffruticosa (Tree Peony). Tree 

 Peonies are very long-lived, having been in cultiva- 

 tion in the Orient for centuries. They are dis- 

 tinctly shrubby, usually growing no higher than five 

 feet; very floriferous. The different sorts bear large, 

 single, semi-double or double flowers. They present 

 a gay variety of color including white, yellow, orange, 

 pink, lavender, and purple. 



PHILADELPHUS • Mockorange 



^7he MOCKORANGES are a hardy and handsome family of shrubs bearing vast quan- 

 tities of white blossoms in June. The beauty of their bloom and the variation in the sizes 

 of different species fit them for nearly any position in the garden, be it in the clustered 

 mass, the hedge or border, the slope or as a specimen. They are also of great value in main- 

 taining harmony of the garden when placed among the brilliantly flowered shrubs of con- 

 trasting colors. 



PHILADELPHUS Argentine. Upright, bearing 

 very showy, double, pure white flowers having a deli- 

 cate and charming perfume. 



P. Avalanche. Graceful with long branches bear- 

 ing creamy white flowers in the late spring. 



P. Bouquet Blanc. Medium sized with close set 

 clusters of double flowers. Makes one of the best of 

 white flowering hedges. Slightly fragrant. 



Philadelphus virginal — one of the finest of the flower- 

 ing shrubs. 



Arnold Arboretum 



As a border shrub the Mock Orange stands 

 second to none; the fragrance of some of the 

 species is unsurpassed. 



P. coronarius (Sweet Mockorange). A good 

 shrub, growing about 10 feet high bearing creamy 

 white flowers of a pleasing fragrance in May and 

 June. 



P. grandiflorus (Big Scentless Mockorange). 



Rugged, grows to 10 feet and bears large, white 

 flowers in June. Very good as a screen. 



P. lemoinea (Lemoine Mockorange). Large, 

 graceful, bearing clusters of fragrant white flowers in 

 June. The shrub border should contain some plants 

 of this variety. 



