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MANUAL OF GARDENING 



Kerria, corchorus, Kerria Japonica. 



A bramble-like shrub, producing attractive 3'ellow single or double flowers 

 from July until September; twigs very green in winter. There is a varie- 

 gated-leaved form. Good for banks and borders; 2-3 ft. 



Sand myrtle, Leiophyllum buxifolium.^ 



Evergreen, more or less procumbent ; 2-3 ft. 



Lespedeza, Lespedeza hicolor.% 



Reddish or purple small flowers in late summer and fall; 4-8 ft. 



Lespedeza, L. Sieboldii {Desmodium penduliflorum) .% 



Rose-purple large flowers in fall; killed to the ground in winter, but it 

 blooms the following year; 4-5 ft, 



Lespedeza, L. Japonica {Desmodium Japonicum). 



Flowers white, later than those of L. Sieboldii; springs up from the root. 



Privet, Ligustrum vulgare, L. ovalifolium (L. Californicum), and L. 

 Amurense.X 



Much used for low hedges and borders; 4-12 ft.; several other species. 



Tartarian honeysuckle, Lonicera Tatarica.X 



One of the most chaste and comely of shrubs; 6-10 ft.; pink-flowered ; 

 several varieties. 



Kegel's honeysuckle, L. spinosa (L. Alberti).X 

 Blooms a little later than above, pink; 2-4 ft. 



Fragrant honeysuckle, L. fragrantissima. 



Flowers exceedingly fragrant, preceding leaves; 2-6 ft.; one of the earliest 

 things to bloom in spring. 



There are other upright honeysuckles, all interesting. 



Mock-orange (Syringa incorrectly), Philadelphus coronarius.X 

 In many forms and much prized; 6-12 ft. 



Other species are in cultivation, but the garden nomenclature is confused. 

 The forms known as P. speciosus, P. qrandiflorus, and var. speciosissimus J are 

 good; also the species P. pubescens* P. Gordonianus* and P. microphyllus* 

 the last being dwarf, with small white very fragrant flowers. 



Nine-bark, Physocarpus opulifolius {Spiraa opulifolia).^ 



A good vigorous hardy bush, with clusters of interesting pods following the 

 flowers; the var. aureat is one of the best yellow-leaved shrubs; 6-10 ft. 



