TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 



DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



SWEET PEPPER BUSH 



Clethra alnifolia 



Passing over damp ground in June and July, you 

 have probably noted a distinct, honey- like perfume and 

 traced it to the Clethra, with its finger-shaped spikes of 

 white flowers. It is a shrub growing about 8 feet high which 

 thrives well on the upland. The foHage is sometimes 

 browned by the red spider. It is usually collected from 

 the wild. 



SYRINGA • Mock Orange 



Common Mock Orange. PMladelphus coronarius. 

 Another of the old favorites, with a fragrance that cannot 

 be forgotten. It has garlands of large, pure white flowers 

 on long branches. It is a graceful shrub, 8 to 12 feet high. 

 Unfortunately, the common name for this is the same as 

 the scientific name for the Lilac. 



Large-flowered Mock Orange. P. grandiflorus. A 

 large, vigorous shrub, with very showy, creamy white 

 flowers in June. 



TAMARISK • Tamarix 



African. Tamarix parviflora. On the seashore this 

 thrives much better than inland. It makes slender, wav- 

 ing plumes of Asparagus-Hke foliage. It has no leaves, in 

 the ordinary sense of the term, but little scales like the 

 Arborvitae. It is excellent to embellish groups of shrubs 

 and trees at the seashore, for it will rise above them with 

 waving plumes of minute pink blossoms in May. 



VIBURNUM 



Maple-leaved Arrow- Wood. V. acerifoUum. A com- 

 mon shrub in shady woods, which it seems to prefer. It 

 grows about 3 feet high. 



Viburnum cassinoides. A graceful, arching shrub, 

 with brown twigs and elliptical leaves. 



Viburnum 

 flowers 



dilatatum blossoming in June. Cream-white 

 contrasting with the very dark, dense foliage 



High Bush Cranberry in early June 



VIBURNUM, continued 



Arrow- Wood. V. dentatum. We recommend this highly 

 for rnass planting. A big, sturdy, broad-shouldered shrub, 

 growing 8 to 10 feet high. We have grown a stock of large 

 plants that are very bushy and symmetrical. We recom- 

 mend them highly where an immediate screen is desired. 

 They hold their own when transplanted, and do not have 

 to be cut back and grown on again. 



Viburnum moUe; syn., V. Nepalense. This is in- 

 distinguishable from the Dentatum, and we have plants 

 the same size and quality. Some of them have been set 

 out 6 feet apart in squares, to grow as large shrubs for 

 immediate effect. It has flat clusters of white flowers in 

 June a little later than the Dentatum. 



Viburnum prunifolium. This ultimately grows to 

 be a tree like the Dogwood, with black, sweet, edible 

 berries. 



Sheep-Berry. V. lentago. A Sheep- Berry similar to 

 the preceding, with larger leaves. We have a few large, 

 broad plants which will give mature results at once. 



Wayfaring Tree. V. lantana. An European shrub with 

 leaves whitish beneath, and bright red fruits in July and 

 August, which later turn to black. 



Viburnum dilatatum. We believe we have the best 

 stock of this rare shrub. It is particularly valuable for 

 its numerous, small, scarlet berries which will remain all 

 winter on the branches. It makes a round, massive shrub 

 with foliage as dark as that of the Privet. 



High Bush Cranberry. V. Opulus. One of the best 

 tall shrubs for red berries. It grows 8 to 10 feet high, with 

 healthy foliage and handsome, flat-topped flower-heads, 

 surrounded by a row of sterile blossoms. It has numer- 

 ous clusters of red berries which are very conspicuous in 

 the autumn and remain on all winter. It is native in the 

 northern states and Canada, and thrives well here. 



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