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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
March, 1917 
introduced as an article of commerce, is new, 
and there is indeed a vast wealth of material 
that is available under this category. A few 
things that certain specialists have offered in 
limited quantities only during the last two or 
three years are now more widely distributed 
and are being offered generally. This is true of 
Rocksprays (Cotoneaster), and some others. 
In the following list of notable offerings we 
cannot do more than make a selection of the 
most distinctive types. Some of these have 
been tried in a limited way already and have 
earned their reputations; others are yet in the 
experimental stage. 
Abelia grandiflora, while not a new plant, 
has but comparatively recently had its value 
recognized in landscape work for the South- 
west. By pinching in the ends of the strong 
shoots during the summer, a compact, dense 
plant can be made, with glossy leaves all 
winter, with red tinged in the young branches. 
Flowers white, tinged with pink from May 
onward. 
Berberis brevipaniculata. A bush 4 to 6 
ft. tall with small, wedge-shaped leaves clus- 
tered together. The small yellow flowers are 
produced on erect panicles 3 to 5 in. long. 
These are followed by masses of salmon-red 
fruits in early Autumn. 
Berberis Maximozuiczii. Resembles B. 
Thunbergii in habit and fruits, but has larger 
leaves. 
Berfcris stenophylla. A hybrid between 
Berberis Darwini and Berberis empetrifolia. 
An evergreen shrub with golden-yellow flowers 
and deep green leaves. 
Berberis Wilsonae. A deciduous shrub with 
small, glossy green leaves with reddish au- 
tumnal tints in the fall. Fruit round, coral 
red. Much branched stems covered with 
long spines. Almost evergreen in California. 
Buddleia yunnanensis. “Has a trifle wider 
leaf than other Buddleias. The blossoms 
are soft lavender, with brownish yellow eye. 
Also offered in a white variety, alba.” (Knight 
& Struck). [There are two plants which might 
answer to the name of B. yunnanensis. One 
is Buddleia yunnanensis Gagnepain and the 
other is B. nivea var. yunnanensis Rehd. & 
Wils. The first one is similar to B. Lind- 
leyana, but differs in its denser and shorter 
spike and shorter and straight corolla. It 
has rather small and nearly smooth leaves. 
The other has the under surface of the leaves, 
the branches and the inflorescence densely 
woolly; the leaves are 6-8 inches long and the 
spike is about of equal length or a little longer. 
The B. nivea var. yunnanensis, a vigorously 
growing shrub with rather stout upright 
branches, is tender in the North — Ed.] 
Cotoneaster divaricata. A handsome shrub, 
erect, spreading and much branched in habit, 
with leaves turning crimson in the Fall, and 
bearing in profusion scarlet fruits, which are 
retained through the winter. 
Cotoneaster horizontalis var perpusilla. 
A prostrate shrub for rockeries and for cloth- 
ing banks; has lustrous green leaves, turning 
crimson in the fall and bright scarlet fruits, 
which remain on the plants until the spring. 
Cotoneaster salicifolia var. floccosa. With 
distinct, narrow leaves, and more spreading 
of habit than the old type. Fruit scarlet, 
freely produced. 
Daphne collina introduced from Germany a 
few years ago. More woody than Daphne 
cneorum, standing up in a thick compact 
bush. At maturity it will probably reach a 
height of from two to three feet. The blossom 
strongly resembles cneorum; a little deeper 
shade of pink. Blooms in June, fragrant. 
Glen Eyre, .one of the improved forms of the New 
England Aster. Color bright pink, shading to lavender. 
(Pierson) 
Deutzia crenata var. magnifica. A hybrid 
between crenata candidissima and Vilmorinae. 
Pure white flowers about the end of May. 
Deutzia Schneideriana var. laxiflora. A 
hardy Deutzia from central China grows 4 to 
S ft. high, with large pyramidate trusses of 
pure white flowers. 
Elsholtzia Stauntoni. While not quite new, 
is valuable because it blooms in the autumn. 
Like the majority of the fall-blooming shrubs, 
it flowers on the current year’s wood. It 
attains a height of four to five feet, and forms 
dense spikes of rosy-purple bloom. The 
whole plant has an agreeable, minty odor. 
Enkianthus campanulatus. A hardy shrub 
from central Japan, grows six to twelve feet 
high and is very bushy. The bell-shaped 
flowers, borne in racemose clusters, are yellow, 
deeply stained and striped with salmon and 
crimson. Leaves turn color in autumn. 
Exochorda Giraldii var. Wilsonii. A large 
bush or small tree covered in spring with 
racemes of pure white flowers which are larger 
than those of the well-known type. 
Forsythia suspensa var. atrocaulis. Differs 
chiefly in the purple color of the young growth, 
and in the dark purple or nearly black stems. 
Hibiscus syriacus var. William R. Smith. 
A new white Rose of Sharon, flow'ers fully four 
inches in diameter, opening out flat. 
The new Pemettiana Rose Admiral Ward, is a blending 
of fiery crimson shades. (Dreer) 
Double Morning Glory Snow Fairy, the characteristics of 
which are clearly shown in the photograph. (Burpee) 
HARDY SHRUBS 
/CHINESE introductions predominate — 
this is but a natural evolution of events. 
Notwithstanding the fact that a great many 
American shrubs have not yet been brought 
into general cultivation, still the attention of 
plant collectors generally has been centred 
on the recent introductions of western China. 
The demand that has been expressed by the 
public is meeting its natural response in the 
trade. As time goes on we will see more and 
more of these Asiatic introductions which 
past experience has proven are so admirably 
adapted to the American garden. It is hard 
to draw 7 a strict line here as to what is posi- 
tively new 7 or practically new. F rom the view- 
point of the gardener, a plant that may be as 
old as the hills, yet w hich has not been actually 
Buddleia Farquharii, with pale pink, fragrant flowers, is 
a tender hybrid for the greenhouse. (Farquhar) 
