JAPAN SNOWBALL. 
{yiburnum Plicctiitm.) 
A new variety of Snowball from Japan. Gro\vth upright and compact. Foliage olive green 
through the summer, but toward fall it turns much darker and remains on the plant for 
some time after the first frosts. Flowers, though hardly as large as the old variety, 
t are much more numerous. The leaves are in pairs along the stem, and from 
the base of each leaf, a ball of flowers appears. There are often as many 
as ten pairs of these, or twenty balls, on a branch i8 inches long. 
These balls as they expand, all face upward, so that a full view 
of their great beauty is always to be had. To be a universal 
favorite a shrub must be hardy, easily transplanted and 
growth of good shape, and beautiful both in leaf and 
flower, and the Japan Snowball embraces all 
of these points to the fullest extent. 
