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The Garden Magazine, March, 1921 
The family of Viburnums includes a number of species which 
ought to be better known than they are. This applies even to 
some of the native American kinds. The most recent addition 
to the family is Viburnum Sargentii, an Asiatic relative of the 
American High-bush Cranberry, and a shrub of rare beauty. 
This Viburnum is not only perfectly hardy in very cold climates, 
but has the additional merit of making rapid growth, so that 
results are obtained quickly. Probably it is the handsomest of 
all members of the Opulus group, both when in bloom and 
afterwards when covered with its red fruit. The blossoms are 
white, of course, and form large flat heads, and the red berries 
are carried on the branches until late in the fall. 
It may be protested that Lonicera Maackii podocarpa is 
no longer a novelty, and yet how many gardens are there where 
this remarkable shrub can be found? While it has many merits 
in common with most Bush-honeysuckles, it is to be prized 
especially for the fact that it holds its leaves until the winter is 
well advanced. This past season plants in New England were 
just as green at Christmas time as in the middle of the summer. 
This quality alone is enough to warrant general planting in 
gardens where winter color is desirable. 1 1 makes rapid growth, 
and becomes quite a large bush. The white blossoms are borne 
in long sprays^ and are succeeded by scarlet fruits, ripening in 
SPRING FLOWERS ARE FOLLOWED BY RED FRUITS 
Lonicera Maackii podocarpa is a rapid-growing large shrub carrying its 
foliage late into winter and has bright red fruits 
ENKIANTHUS CAMPANULATUS 
The bell-like flowers, recalling the Lily-of-the-Valley, only red in color are pro- 
fuse on this Andromeda-like shrub from Asia. The foliage is bright red in fall 
September and remaining on the plants until very cold weather 
comes. The contrast between the red berries and the green 
foliage is most delightful. 
While the praises of the Cotoneasters have been sung for 
several years by discerning landscape architects, the general 
public has been slow to realize the value of these fine oriental 
introductions. I knew of one nurseryman who had been try- 
ing in vain to dispose of a large stock of Cotoneaster divaricata, 
an extremely handsome shrub with leaves which turn crimson 
and which bears scarlet fruits in great profusion. This is one 
of the most worth-while shrubs for winter gardens, as the fruit 
is retained until spring. Plants of this and other Cotoneasters 
like C. hupehensis, soongorica, and multiflora, are among the 
most acceptable of all garden shrubs. Mention must be made 
too of Cotoneaster acutifolia, which seems to have proven itself 
just the hedge plant for which the colder portions of the country 
have been waiting. This plant, which makes a clean dense 
growth, and in appearance much resembles Privet, is perfectly 
hardy even in Minnesota and Michigan. Nurserymen in those 
sections are recommending it highly for the North and North- 
west and speaking of Privets there is a reputed hybrid of the 
too common California and the Ibota Privets, called “ Ibolium” 
which, while hardier than the California, is much like it in 
effect. 
For a ground cover it would be difficult to find any plant sur- 
passing Euonymus radicans acuta. It has not been popular to 
the extent of the variety vegeta, but in some ways is even better, 
for it has no tendency to variegation and makes a very dense 
mat of deep green, glossy leaves. 
The Pearl-bush family is not a very large one, and Ernest H. 
Wilson has given us a very valuable addition in Exochorda Wil- 
sonii, the white blossoms of which are larger than those of the 
common type. The Pearl-bush gets its name from the peculiar 
character of the buds, and is an excellent choice to use for ac- 
centing a hardy border or a foundation planting. 
Much was written about the Barberries which Wilson intro- 
duced several years ago when they were first seen, but it has 
remained for time to make a selection of the best. One which 
can be recommended with perfect confidence for planting even 
