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Viburnum Carlcsi. 
and onoe more in summer, tin- nnly ilisatlvantnae is tlial it riius — 
soon a distance of by suclsers. 
Enocliorda uruinli/lora. — Tlie beautiful pearl busb, one of tbe 
earliest flowers. King shrubs — covered with elesant white flowers. 
Tumuno} aestivalis hisiiiilu. — A variety with delicate pink flowers 
— blooming in fall, this variety may be pruned in spring ; is- fine 
for cutting in long sprays with dainty glocious foliage, needlelike. 
Kerria japoiiit-a ariiciitea variegata. — Low growing, pink flowers, 
very good for front planting. 
H1yra.T japoidca. — Xo garden should be without it. but it is very 
rare. The white nodding flowers and the bluish .seed capsules are 
very attractive. 
Uesmodiiim juponicuiti — Two varieties, one indigo, the other 
white, flowering at a time in September and Octol)er when very 
few shrubs are lilooming. They die down to the ground and 
sprout out from the roots every spring. 
EuoHijmus — chitiis. — Nothing can be more effective, the foliage 
turns to coppery red, and the red fruit stays almost all winter 
through. 
Althaeas (Rose of Sharon). — Personally, I must say that I 
care only for two varieties — the single white, Tatus albus, a slow 
grower, but exeeptionably fine, and Beatrice, single pink ; both 
do not need much pruning. There is a new variety out, William li. 
Shiitli. a giant, flowering with 4-inch while single flowers. 
CaUieariia amerieaiia purpurea is another plant that deserves 
more attention. The clusters of blue berries in September are 
wonderful. They should be pruned very severe in spring to get 
fine results. 
('oriilus-arellaiiu atropurpurea. the red-leafed hazel, with the 
chocolate-colored leaves, will grow good under trees, in half shade. 
Viten- ngnus castiis, the chaste shrub, is another rare shrub of 
great beauty. The foliage is star-shaped and flowers appear in 
fall, pale lilac and white. They die down to the ground every 
winter l)ut sprout up quick again. Do not think they are dead 
because they take their time in spring. 
/.aiitliiH-rras sorbifolia. — Shrul). Yellow Root: flowering with fine 
cut foliage and flowers like an orchid ; the large seedpods look very 
interesting. 
I'liilailelplius (mock orange). — If ymi want the sweet-scented 
plant only the old-fashioned variety eoroiiarius, some of the newer 
varieties have no fragrance at all. 
Hulesiii Setraptera. Silverbell. — Makes fine specimens fcU' single 
planting on the lawn, the bell-shaiied wliite flowers have to be 
seen nearby and the dark blue large seeilpoils. makes it a very 
interesting subject. 
Cunius alba '\k most effeclive in winter. The darkened branches 
and twigs — above the white snow — look very jirominent planted 
on a hillside. 
H ijdrtiiiftaea arborisc<'us frainlitlnni. alba l.snowliall Ilydranga^a ) 
with a long name, but do not miss it, blooms in midsummer and 
Ampclopsis Tricolor 
Anipclopsis Loivi 
^'iburuum. — The well-known Snowballs. OpuU.s is the well- 
known High Cranberry P.ush. with red berries, lasting almost all 
through the winter. There are two new varieties — rhi/tiiluplii/lluiii. 
with the fine 8 to 10-inch-long leaves, almost evergreen, and the 
beautiful V. C'arlesi, with beautiful white flowers, bouvardia-like. 
Forsiithia suspeiisa, with the hanging branches, and in spring 
covered with the yellow flowers, is the best variety. 
AnHia Peittaphiilla is a shrub from Japan with very attractive 
leaves — five lobed and pale green. 
Elaeofii'us argentea anil lungipes. — Can be grown in dry places. 
With their silvery foliage and in autumn the orange berries, 
should have a place in every garden. The berries make a fine 
preserve. 
Buddlcia (lUillrrlly Bush) 
(all with large flowers — cut back to one or two eyes. Flowers fine 
in pots for memorial day. 
Zanthorrhiza apiijolia., — Yellow Root thrives well in front of 
trees — and is one of the most beautiful colored plants in fall. 
Spiraea Recresii is one of the finest blooming Spira?as — with 
the double white flowers — so that almost not a leaf is to be seen. 
Catuneastcr are most all low-growing evergreen shrubs, with 
the red berries lasting all winter. Highly to recommend ; very 
showy. C. liorizontalis is the variety famed in some places, but I 
iiave a plant of salicifolia floccosa, the leaves are beautifully dark 
brown colored and should be quite an acquisition for decorative 
work in n^inter. C. Franchetti is also an attractive variety with 
orange colored berries. 
