DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



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STEPHANANDRA. 



— flexuosa. 4 feet. A graceful shrub of compact 



growth, with small, Hawthorn-like leaves. 

 Foliage of good color, delicate, bearing ex- 

 tremely pretty white flowers in June. 



STUARTIA. American Camellia. 



— pentagyna. 6 feet. A rare and beautiful shrub 



bearing in June lovely white flowers 2 inches or 

 more in diameter. The flowers have wavy 

 crenulate margins, white stamens and orange- 

 yellow anthers. The Autumnal coloring of 

 the foliage is brilliant. 

 STYRAX. 



— Japonica. 8 feet. A shrub or small tree of 



elegant form and habit, bearing white bell- 

 shaped flowers all along the branches, and pen- 

 dent on long pedicels. Very showy. 



SYMPHORICARPUS. Snowberry. 



— racemosus. Snowberry. 4 feet. Much valued 



for its white berries borne abundantly in Au- 

 tumn. Especially conspicuous in masses. 



— vulgaris. Red-fruited Snowberry. 3 feet. Fruit 



not so large as the preceding, but more abundant. 

 Habit of plant graceful. 



SYRINGA. Lilac. 



The Lilac is a well-known and deservedly 

 popular shrub. Its thick leathery foliage and 

 lovely sweet-scented flowers commend it to 

 all. There are no better sorts than the old- 

 fashioned purple and white t varieties, but 

 there are many whose bloom is as good and 

 that are much more floriferous. We, there- 

 fore, heartily commend the other varieties 

 listed here. 



— Pekinensis pendula. Weeping Lilac. 6 feet. 



A form of distinct character, with long, pen- 

 dent branches, bearing a profusion of white, 

 fragrant flowers later than the common Lilac. 

 Grafted high it is picturesque and beautiful. 



— Persica. Persian Lilac. 5 feet. Purple. _ A 



profuse and early-blooming sort, bearing light 



purple flowers. 

 • alba. 5 feet. Same habit and form as the 



preceding, but almost white flowers. 

 Rothomagensis. 5 feet. Beautiful, reddish 



purple, large, fine and free-blooming. One 



of the best. 



— villosa. Hairy-leaved Lilac. 6 feet. One of 



the newer species quite distinct from the older 

 Lilacs. Foliage large, not unlike that of the 

 White Fringe. Flowers later than the others, 

 rosy pink, and in large panicles. A very de- 

 sirable species. 



— vulgaris. Common Purple Lilac. 6 feet. Known 



everywhere and valued for its abundant 

 sweet-scented flowers. 

 alba. Common White Lilac. 5 feet. White- 

 flowering variety; not so strong a grower as 

 the purple. 



Alphonse Lavalle. Very large panicle, 



beautiful blue, shaded violet. 



Charles X. 5 feet. An old Lilac, but still in 



demand for its abundant large panicles of red- 

 dish-purple flowers. 



Frau Bertha Dammann. 4 feet. Im- 

 mense truss of pure white single flowers; one 

 of the best. 



SYRINGA— Continued. 



Madame Casimir Perier. 5 feet. Creamy 



white; superb. 

 Madam Lemoine. 4 feet. Superb double 



white. 



Marie Le Graye. 5 feet. Large panicles 



of fragrant white flowers. 

 President Grevy. 5 ft. A beautiful blue; 



individual flowers very double and very 



large; the panicle is magnificent; one of the 



finest Lilacs. 



Rubra de Marly. 5 feet. Similar in growth 



to the Common Lilac, bearing purplish flowers. 



Used for forcing by the Parisian florists. 



Senateur Volland. 5 feet. Rosy red. 



Souvenir de la Spaeth. 4 feet. The 



most distinct and beautiful of all the Lilacs; 



panicles immense and very compact; flowers 



very large, deep purplish red. 



See also Deciduous Trees. 



TAMARIX. Tamarisk. 



Tall shrubs, native of the Eastern hemi- 

 sphere, but generally hardy in America, especi- 

 ally near the sea, where they thrive exception- 

 ally well. Leaves bright green in color, small 

 and delicate. Flowers pink or rose colored, in 

 panicles. 



— Africana. 8 feet. Blooms in May; an upright 



grower. 



— Gallica Indica. 8 feet. Pale rose-colored 



flowers in August. Not entirely hardy. 



— hispida aestivalis. Kaschgarica. A handsome 



and distinct species with bluish foliage and 

 carmine-rose flowers in September. 



— plumosa. One of the handsomest Tamarisks. 



Foliage very feathery. This variety is, in our 

 experience, one of the hardiest. 



Syringa Charles X 



