TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 



DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



BARBERRY • Berberis 



Japanese. B. Thunhergii. This came into public favor 

 more rapidly than any other shrub except the California 

 Privet. It has several good qualities surpassing those of 

 other shrubs, and it has no bad qualities. 



It has the brightest coral-red berries, and they stay 

 bright the longest, giving a cheerful touch to the dull 

 landscape of March. 



The foliage conies down more compactly to the ground 

 than any other shrub, therefore it is extensively used for 

 bordering taller groups of shrubs. 



It stays small, and the other shrubs grow up tall behind 

 it. In the autumn, the foliage is as brilliant a red as the 

 flowers of the Salvia. Japanese Barberry is extensively 

 used for hedge-planting, especially in the Northeast, 

 where it was first introduced and where the California 

 Privet is not hardy. As a hedge, it does not need trimming. 

 It will make a dense, thorny barrier, 5 feet high and 

 7 feet wide. 



Common. B. vulgaris. This European shrub has 

 run wild in this country. It forms a tall, arching 

 bush hung with long racemes of dark red berries in 

 fall and winter. 



Purple. B. vulgaris, var. purpurea. This variety 

 has reddish purple foliage like the Purple Beech. 



BAYBERRY • Wax Myrtle 



Myrica cerijera 



Along the sand-dunes and on the dry hills, the 

 Bayberry springs up and makes the landscape 

 beautiful with its rounded masses of glossy foliage. 

 It should be used very extensively for such situa- 

 tions, because it will look contented and cheerful, 

 while the majority of flowering shrubs will be wilty 

 and sad. One lesson that the wild growth on Long 

 Island can teach in landscape composition is the 

 beautiful combination of rounded masses of Bay- 

 berry and the dark spires of Cedar. It needs some 

 skill and patience to transplant it from the wild, 

 but it forms a self- maintaining group. The round 

 berries are covered with a white, aromatic wax 

 used for candles. 



Japanese Barberry at the foundations of a house. As an 

 untrimmed hedge, it will have about this size and appear- 

 ance. It may be kept lower by annual pruning. 



BUTTON BUSH 



Cephalanthus occidentalis 



Although this will grow in fresh water a foot deep, it 

 likes dry upland better. It makes a round bush, 5 feet high, 

 with heavy glossy foliage, decorated in July with clusters 

 of white balls. We have a large stock of sturdy plants 

 ofi'ered at such prices that planters can make a broad 

 shrubbery at little expense. 



CATALPA 



Bungeii. Bush Form. C. hignonioides, var. nana. This 

 is usually grafted high on a stem, making an umbrella-like 

 tree. These we have grown as bushes. They have been 

 cut back repeatedly, making symmetrical domes, in fact, 

 they need cutting back or else they will become open and 

 liable to split. They stand salt air well. 



Deutzia crenata at the house foundations. Unless there is plenty 

 of room it is too large and coarse for such a situation. It is better 

 planted at a distance where a screen eight to ten feet high is re- 

 quired with lower shrubs in the front. 



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