TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 



DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



SIBERIAN PEA TREE 



Caragana arborescens 



A sturdy tree smaller than the Dogwood, with clusters 

 of pea-shaped flowers in May. It is very hardy, succeeding 

 in Minnesota. 



SPICE BUSH 



Benzoin odoriferum; syn., hinder a Benzoin 



A shrub native to damp ground, growing 15 feet high. 

 In April when the Forsythia is in bloom, this has clusters 

 of small yellow flowers along the twigs. In September it 

 has bright red berries. 



SPIREA . Spiraea 



Snow Garland. 5". Thunhergi. About the first of 

 May, Thunberg's Spirea brightens the shrubbery with its 

 fluffy mass of white flowers. All summer the tiny willow- 

 like foliage is decorative, and is suitable for adding to 

 bouquets. In autumn it changes to various shades of 

 orange, red and yellow, and the bush is still eft"ective in 

 winter by the color and texture of its numerous ruddy, 

 slender twigs. It is one of several shrubs to use in the 

 foreground, because it arches over and brings its foliage 

 to the ground. 



Bridal Wreath. S. prunifolia, var. flore pleno. The 

 tiny, double white flowers come about the first of May, 

 before the leaves appear. Bridal Wreath is an old-time 

 favorite, usually grown with the Lilac and Mock Orange. 



Van Houtte's Bridal Wreath. S. Van Houttei. This 

 is called the Bridal Wreath by some, and is a much better 

 shrub. Its widely arching branches are loaded with a 

 profusion of white bloom about the middle of May, 

 making a brilliant show in the shrubbery. 



Spiraea rotimdifolia. This continues the season of 

 the bloom of the Van Houttei about two weeks. It closely 



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Shining Sumach in flower. The flowers are pale yellow in May and June. 

 However, the flowers are not the valuable feature. It is the compact mass of shining, 

 dark green foliage rising up from the ground that makes it valuable. It always 

 looks in good condition. 



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Japanese Storax. This is no commonplace shrub like 

 Deutzia, Weigela or Lilac. All its qualities class it with the 

 Magnolia, Rhododendron and Holly. 



SPIREA, continued 



resembles that variety, but does not 

 arch quite so much. It should be 

 planted near the other. 



Spiraea opulifolia; syn., Physo- 

 carpus opulifoUiis ; Opulaster opuHr 

 folius. A big, coarse-growing bush 

 suitable as a filler in large shrubbery. 

 It will make a large shrub more quickly 

 than any other. White flowers in 

 June; pink seed-pods in August. 



Spiraea callosa alba. A little dome 

 of white flowers 2 feet high and 3 

 feet broad. It blooms in June. 



Anthony Waterer. S. Bumalda, 

 var. Anthony Waterer. This is similar 

 to the Callosa in shape of the bush 

 and flowers. The color, however, is a 

 bright rosy pink. It blooms later than 

 the other Spireas, commencing in June 

 and continuing throughout the sum^^ 

 mer. We complimented several per-» 

 sons on the bright effect of this in the 

 dull season of late summer, and they 

 repHed, "Oh, you told me to cut off 

 these flowers when they faded, before 

 they went to seed, and get a new crop 

 of flowers." 



STAPHYLEA 

 Bladdernut 



American S. trifoUa. A vigorous, 

 upright shrub, with clusters of creamy 

 white flowers in May. We have some 

 tall plants for the rear of shrubberies. 



