WESTBURY STATION, N. Y, 47 
Flowering Shrubs 
AZALEA, continued 
Pinxter Flower. A. nudiflora. One of the rarest 
gems of our woodlands. It is an open and 
graceful shrub bearing a profusion of bright pink 
flowers in May, as the leaves appear. We offer 
it by the hundred for planting in masses. 
Southern. A. Vaseyi. This rare and new species 
from the North Carolina mountains is particu- 
larly charming with its delicate shell-pink flowers. 
One of the most beautiful of recent introduction. 
Swamp. A. viscosa. When passing low, moist 
ground in midsummer, the perfume of the white 
flowers of this shrub is plainly noticeable. 
BAYB1LRRY (Wax Myrtle) 
Hyrica cerifera 
A rich dark green bush of rounded form, a slow 
grower, reaching 9 feet in height. For clothing 
sterile hills, bluffs and sand-dunes, it is unequaled. 
BARBERRY. Berberis 
European. B. vulgaris. An European species 
that has established itself on rocky hillsides. It 
is an upright, graceful shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, 
ornamented during autumn and early winter 
with clusters of red berries. 
Purple. B. vulgaris, var. purpurea. One of the 
best shrubs with purple foliage. The young 
shoots are bright red, and in May it has drooping 
racemes of small yellow flowers. 
Japanese. B. Thunbergi. There is always need 
at the borders of shrubbery for a plant that will 
keep its foliage close to the ground. Berberis 
Thunbergi makes so close a mass of twigs that 
even in winter it fulfils this purpose. The foli- 
age is a glossy bright green, turning to scarlet in 
autumn, and its coral berries hang on all winter. 
It thrives on all soils. A valuable hedge plant. 
Hedge of Japanese Barberry. {Berberis Thunbergi.) 
Flowers of Azalea nudiflora. 
BUTTON BUSH. Cephalanthus occidentalis 
A useful shrub from the fact that it will thrive 
where the roots are covered with water in winter 
and spring, or on upland. The large leaves are 
dark green, and in midsummer it has white flowers 
in the shape of a button-ball. Form rounded, 
height 6 feet. Particularly appropriate in wild 
planting about ponds and lakes. 
