ORNAMENTAI. DEPARTMENT— ORNAMENTAL, SHRUBS 
49 
PRIVET. Ligustrum 
Amoor River Privet (L. Amurense) — A valuable 
ornamental shrub for hedges and borders; 
very hardy; foliage glossy green and holds 
Its color almost the entire year; will stand 
shearing to any extent. 
California Privet (L. Ovalifolium) — The well- 
known variety; vigorous and hardy; deep 
glossy green; useful for hedges and borders. 
English Privet (L. Vulgaris) — Foliage narrow; 
showy white flowers in June, followed by 
fruit. 
Chinese Privet (L. Ibota) — A native of China 
and Japan; foliage long and shining; flowers 
large, white and fragrant; a distinct sort, val- 
uable for its flowers and foliage. 
Regel's Privet (L. Regelianum) — A dense low 
shrub with spreading branches, pendent at 
the end; a very graceful bush for hedges; 
needs very little trimming. 
Purple Fringe (R. Cotinus) — See page 48. 
SNOWBALL. Viburnum 
Common Snowball (V. Opulus Sterllis) — Grows 
6 to 8 feet high, the old fashioned snowball; 
Its large globular clusters of pure white flow- 
ers are produced in May and June and make a 
very attractive appearance. 
High Bush Cranberry (V. Opulus) — It has hand- 
some broad foliage of a shining dark green 
color, changing to rich coppery tints; flowers 
are white and very conspicuous; the fruit is 
a brilliant scarlet and hangs in long pendent 
clusters nearly all winter. A very desirable 
ornament to any lawn. 
Japan Snowball (V. Plicatum) — Foliage a hand- 
some olive-green; flowers are larger and more 
white than the Common Snowball; borne in 
dense heads; very ornamental. Snowball 
Spirea Van Houttei (See page 50) 
SNOWBERRY 
Symphoricarpus 
Coral Berry (S. Vulgaris) — A 
slender branched upright 
shrub, valuable for planting in 
shady places, as the foliage is 
very persistent; the fruit is a 
purplish red and hangs on well 
into winter; fiowers small and 
rose colored. 
Snowberry (S. Racemosus) — 
Same as the above except the 
berries are a pure, snow white; 
flowers rose colored, but larger. 
SUMACH. Rhus 
Cut Leaved Staghorn Sumach 
(R. Typhina lacineata) — A 
showy, broad - headed shrub 
with large, long, deeply cut 
foliage, light green in color, 
changing to shades of red and 
yellow in the fall; the new 
growth is clothed with a pecu- 
liar down, giving an appear- 
ance of the growing horn of a 
deer; the bark below is a rich 
orange color. 
