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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
April, 191 
Some Good Plants for Norther 
Regions 
AX/’HAT new shrubs can I plart which ai 
* * hardy in New \6nrk and will add to the a 
tractiveness of my home was asked me b 
several people at the West .rn New Yor 
Horticultural Society Meeting and I pronj 
ised I would send a list to The Garden Mac 
azine. So here it is! 
If you are interested in planting some shrul 
bery which will attract the birds and at tb 
same time have a good appearance during tl 
winter time from their berries, I should be ii 
dined to include the Barberries, both Commo 
and Japanese, Snowberry and Coralberry, an J 
in something taller growing some of the Haw 
thorns, Crabs and the White Flowering Doji 
wood. The various and new Barberries, tb 
Flowering Crabs, Buckthorn and Sumacs an 
some of the Viburnums strike me as ei I 
tremely interesting, also some of the Weigela 
Of the berry-bearing shrubs worthy of plac 
are the Inkberry, Regel’s Privet, Mapli 
leaved Viburnum, Goumi, Winterberry, V , 
burnum Wrightii; this and Viburnum Opuli 
are probably the best red-berried Viburnum 
The American Holly which is a small evei 
green might survive in a sheltered spot, but tli 
Japanese Holly would probably live anywhen 
Some of the Evonymus (another group < | 
Chinese plants) have good colored foliage i 
the fall. Among these the winged Evonj 
mus, E. alatus, which has a corky growth o l 
its branches, is of interest. 
Among plants with colored twigs is th 
Green Dogwood, which is more hardy tha 
Kerria which often shows a little winter ir 
jury in New York; the red-barked Willoi 
and Siberian Dogwood, and there is the Ye 
low Dogwood which has yellow twigs. The 
there is the purple barked V illow and th 
Black Raspberry. These all show up we 
when planted in front of a background. 
In Forsythias, which you will probably wan 
to plant in order to get some early yellow bios 
soms in spring, either F. europaea or F 
intermedia spectabilis should be used; som 
of the other kinds are not hardy in this section 
In the Honeysuckles, Lonicera Maacki 
var. podocarpa, w'hich is a new one introduce! 
from China and bears small red berries, is wel 
worthy of a place. It will grow 8 or io fee 
tall if given room like a small tree and is a ver; 
interesting plant. There is a wonderful col 
lection of these Honeysuckles which have beei 
brought in during recent years from China an< 
other places and they wall add very much ti 
our gardens in the future. 
A few of the Magnolias might be planted 
they would need room and should not bi 
crowded. Some of the kinds which will sui 
this section are M. stellata, Soulangeana 
Wilsonii. Among some of the flowerinj 
Crabs which are a mass of bloom in May am 
later are picturesque with their load of frui 
and should be planted so they eventually havt 
20 feet of space is Malus ioensis. There is ; 
double flowering one (Bechtel’s Crab), and ; 
single blossom one; the latter sets fruit 
Malus floribunda is very effective in earl) 
winter with its fruit. Malus baccata is an- 
other tree-growing type. 1 he Wild and| 
Flowering Cherries are beautiful and furnish 
a lot of food for birds. This list includes th( 
Bird Cherry, Sand, Wild Black, Mahaleb, and 
European Bird Cherry and some of the new 
Chinese and Japanese. 
I judge most people will also be interested in 
planting some of the new Lilacs. There is a 
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