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CHiONANTBUS viKoiNicA. (See piife'e 19.) CLETHRA ALXiFOLiA. (See page 19.) 
tints of leaf and flower, lending (and at so little cost) that enchanting natural beauty to 
our garden architecture so sought after by all lovers of nature, and attained so rarely, 
though oftener more recently, by our best landscape professionals through these means. 
I would not needlessly enumerate the long list of particularly desirable shrubs, but 
feel it is not out of place here to make special mention of a few which are exceptionally 
worthy the attention of every landscape gardener and park and cemetery ofHcial, as well 
as nurseryman and florist, in this country and abroad : The Azaleas, with their masses 
of braiiant.ipure colors and delightful fragrance ; the Andromedas and I>EicOTaOEs,f ringed 
with their paniclesof tinted bM-jtowere; the dense-foliaged Calvcasthi s, whoseabundant, 
Owcolate-colored flowers emit such a peculiar, fruity odor; the Stuaktias, covered with 
large, showy flowers— the ''native American VameXUa;" Vibi rnlms, the large leaves color- 
ing so richly at first hint of autumn; the Ciiionaxthls, droopingits delicate, while Jringe- 
me racemes, overcharged with a wild perfume; and the little hardy XAXTnoRiiizA, its 
peculiar, modest brown flowers in pendulous racemes below the conspicuous pinnate 
leaves, which color a bright orange in autumn. 
The RiiODODKXDROxs and Kat.mias, however, might well claim the lead in shrub 
ornamentals, combining, as they do, the dark, broad, evergreen foliage with their pro- 
fuse trusses of brilliant-stamened flowers. Massed or singly, they possess at all seasons 
a special charm of their own, and we know of no ornamentals, native or exotic, that can 
