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MANUAL OF GARDENING 



Deutzia, Deutzia scabra (or crenata) and varieties. 



Standard shrubs; the variety "Pride of Rochester," with pinkish flowers, 

 is perhaps the best form for the North; 4-6 ft. Of this and the next there 

 are forms with ornamental foliage. 



Small deutzia, D. gracilis. 



Very close little bush, with pure white flowers; 2-3 ft. 



Lemoine's deutzia, D. Lemoinei. 

 A hybrid, very desirable; 1-3 ft. 



Weigela, Diervilla Japonica and other species. 



Free bloomers, very fine, in many colors, 4-6 ft. ; the forms known as 

 candida,X rosea,X and Sieboldii variegata,% are hardy and good. 



Leatherwood, Dirca palustris."^ 



If well grown, the leatherwood makes a very neat plant; blossoms appear 

 before the leaves, but not showy ; 4-6 ft. 



Russian olive, oleaster, Elceagnus angustifolia.X 



Foliage silvery white; very hardy; becoming a small tree, 15-20 ft. 

 Wolf-willow, E. argentea.^X 



Large and silvery leaves; suckers badly; 8-12 ft. 

 Goumi, E. longipes (sometimes called E. edulis). 



Attractive spreading bush, with handsome edible cranberry-like berries; 

 5-6 ft. 



Burning-bush, Euonymus atropurpureus.^ 



Very attractive in fruit; 8-12 ft., or even becoming tree-like. 



Several other species are in cultivation, some of them evergreen. In the 

 North, success may be expected with E. Europoeus (sometimes a small tree), 

 E. alatus, E. Bungeanus, E. latifolius, and perhaps others. 



Exochorda, Exocliorda grandiflora. 



A large and very showy shrub, producing a profusion of apple-like white 

 flowers in early spring ; 6-12 ft ; allied to the spireas. 



Forsythia, Forsythia viridissima. 



Blossoms 5^ellow, appearing before the leaves; requires protection in many 

 places North; 6-10 ft. 



Drooping forsythia, F. suspensa. 



Makes an attractive mass on a bank or border; 6-12 ft. 



