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vulgare, var. sempervirens ; silver and spruce 

 firs, and several other free-growing conifers, 

 whose tops being c\it out when they have nearly- 

 attained the desired height, they assume a 

 shrub-like character, and often become exceed- 

 ingly grotesque in habit; Bhamnus alaternus ; 

 Spartium junceum; Taxus baccata ; Thuja occi- 

 dentals. With the exceptions of Rhamnus and 

 Spartium, which should be planted when young, 

 the others may be transplanted when of a large 

 size. 



Deciduous. — Sambucus niger and its varieties; 

 Spiraea Lindleyana, sorbifolia ; Viburnum Opu- 

 lus; Syringa vulgaris; Colutea arborescens ; 

 Cornus alba, florida, sanguinea; Philadelphus 

 coronarius ; Cytisus nigricans, laburnum, 

 alpinus, and their varieties; Symphoria race- 

 mosa ; Aralia japonica ; Crataegus, many spe- 

 cies ; Kerria japonica ; Salix alba, violacea ; Ro- 

 binia pseudo-acacia ; Tamarix galica ; Berberis 

 vulgaris, and several others; Piptanthus nepal- 

 ensis; Rhus toxicodendron, cotinus, and several 

 other species ; Gleditschia triacanthos, sinensis ; 

 Gymnocladus canadensis ; Pyrus spectabilis, and 

 several other species ; Magnolia pyramidata ; 

 Lonicera tartarica, alpigena, and several others. 



SELECT LIST OF SHRUBS FOR SMALL 

 SHRUBBERIES. 

 Abelia fioribunda, unifiora; Aralia spinosa; 

 Berberis atro - purpurea, dulcis, repens, Dar- 

 winii, elegans, trifoliata, empetrifolia, fascicu- 

 laris ; Buddlsea Lindleyana; Buxus balericus; 

 Calycanthus floridus ; Ceanothus azureus, cunea- 

 tus, papillosus, dentatus, rigidus; Cerasus ilici- 

 folia; Cotoneaster thymnifolia, denticulata, ro- 

 tundifolia, mycrophylla; Cytisus nubiginensis, 

 Weldenii, supinus, sessiliflorus, capitatus, nigri- 

 cans; Coriaria; Daphne cneorum and its varie- 

 gated variety, alpina, collina, Mezereum, and its 

 varieties, autumnale and alba, pontica, ponti- 

 ca variegata, Tarton-raira, japonica ; Deutzia 

 scabra, corymbosa, Mexicana, gracilis ; Escal- 

 lonia macrantha, rubra, Montevidensis ; Euony- 

 mus fimbriatus, japonicus, with its gold and 

 silver striped varieties; Eurybia ilicifolia; Fa- 

 biana imbricata; Forsythia viridissima; For- 

 tunea chinensis ; Gaultheria procumbens, Shal- 

 lon ; Garrya elliptica, macrophylla, laurifolia ; 

 Kadsura japonica; Laurus glauca, regalis; Li- 

 monialaureola; Mitraria coccinea ; Myrica Cali- 

 fornica ; Pernettya mucronata ; Spiraea pruni- 

 folia, pleno, callosa; Skimnia japonica; Ulex 

 europea flore pleno ; Weigela rosea, amabilis ; 

 Helianthemum, all the species and varieties ; 

 Cistus, most of the genus in warm situations ; 

 Polygonum vaccinifolium ; Ononus rotundi- 

 folius; Potentilla fioribunda, fruticosa. 



SELECT LIST OF HARDY AND HALF-HARDY 

 SHRUBS AND LOW- GROWING TREES RE- 

 MARKABLE FOR THEIR FOLIAGE, HABIT, OR 

 FLOWERS. 



Acacia dealbata, Julibrissin, affinis, lophantha; 

 Adenocarpus intermedins ; Ailanthus glandu- 

 losus ; Abelia fioribunda, unifiora; Aralia spi- 

 nosa, japonica ; Arctostaphylos tomentosus ; 

 iEsculus Pavia, rosea, flava, spicata, praecox, 

 spectabilis, pallida; Arbutus unedo, procera, 



Croomii, longifolia, Milleri, salicifolia, magni- 

 fica, Andrachne; Amygdalus communis, com- 

 munis-amara, dulcis flo. pleno; Amelanchier 

 florida, ovulis, vulgaris, sanguinea ; Anagyris 

 fcetida ; Amorpha fruticosa, Lewisii, nana, gla- 

 bra ; Aristotelia Macqui, var. fol. variegata, in 

 warm situations ; Asimina triloba ; Aucuba ja- 

 ponica, latimaculata; Azara dentata, integrifolia ; 

 Benthamia fragifera; Berberis aquifolia, Dar- 

 winii, dulcis, sinensis, tenuifolia, fascicularis, 

 Fortunii, Jamesonii, trifoliata, Wallichiana, 

 atro-purpurea, repens, elegans, macrophylla, 

 impetrifolia, aristata, asiatica, angulosa, emargi- 

 nata, Fischeri, buxifolia, cuneata, nepalensis; 

 Biota glauca, orientalis ; Buxus balerica, arbo- 

 rescens, and its varieties ; Broussonetia dissecta ; 

 Buddlea globosa, Lindleyana ; Bupleurum fruti- 

 cosum ; Calycanthus floridus, macrophyllus, la- 

 vigatus, glaucus ; Calophaca wolgarica ; Castanea 

 Californica ; Calycarpa japonica ; Ceanothus ri- 

 gidus, papillosus, azureus, cuneatus, dendatus, 

 integrifolius, divericatus, integerrimus ; Cerasus 

 ilicifolius ; Chionanthus montanus, virginicus ; 

 Chimonanthus fragrans, grandiflorus, luteus 

 (requires a wall) ; Chamcerops excelsa, a palm 

 from the north of China, hardy in most places ; 

 Cineraria maritima ; Cistus formosus, ladani- 

 ferus, and most of the genus; Clianthus puni- 

 ceus, requires the shelter of a wall in most 

 places ; Cereis japonica ; Coronilla coronata, 

 Emerus, pentaphylla, glauca, and valentina, in 

 warm places ; Cotoneaster buxifolius, thymni- 

 folius, comptus, marginatus, microphyllus, ro- 

 tundifolia, denticulata, affinis ; Caragana, most of 

 the genus ; Crataegus, many of the genus ; Clethra 

 alnifolia, pubescens ; Comptonia asplenifolia ; 

 Colletia spinosa, ferox ; Colutea cruenta, fruti- 

 cosa, arborescens; Corchorus japonicus; Cydonia 

 japonica, sinensis; Cytisus, most of the genus; 

 Daphne, all the genus ; Deutzia scabra, corymbosa, 

 crenata, gracilis, sanguinea, Mexicana ; Dirca 

 palustris ; Edgworthia chrysantha ; Elaeagnus 

 argentea, reflexa, macrophylla ; Escallonia, all 

 the genus ; Euonymus Javanicus, citrifolius, 

 fimbriatus, japonicus ; Empetrum allum ; Erio- 

 botrya japonica, requires the shelter of a wall ; 

 Ephedra distachya, monostachya ; Eurybia ilici- 

 folia ; Fabiana imbricata ; Forsythia viridis- 

 sima ; Fortunea chinensis ; Fontanesia philly- 

 raeoides ; Fuchsia, most of the species and va- 

 rieties, discolor and Riccartonia being the hardi- 

 est — the others, although killed to the ground, 

 are seldom killed at the roots ; Garrya elliptica, 

 laurifolia, macrophylla, Macfadyeniana ; Gledit- 

 schia horrida, inermis, triacanthos; Gordonia 

 Lasianthus ; Genista tinctoria pleno, and all the 

 genus ; Hydrangea arborescens, nivea, querci- 

 folia, and in warm places hortensis ; Hibiscus 

 Syriacus, and varieties; Ilex dipyrena, lataspina, 

 latifolia, Torajo, crassifolia, furcata, Sheppardii, 

 with the numerous varieties of aquifolia; Indi- 

 gofera decora, australis, verricosa; Illicium flori- 

 danum, religiosum ; Kadsura japonica ; Kolreu- 

 teria paniculata ; Lardizabala biternata ; Laurus 

 benzoin, sassafras, nobilis, regalis ; Leyces- 

 teria formosa ; Liquidambar styraciflua, imber- 

 be; Ligustrum japonicum, ovalifolium, spica- 

 tum ; Limonia laureola ; Lindleya mespiloides ; 

 Liriodendron tulipifera ; Mahonia aquifolia, 



