somewhat scattered. L. Ibota is tall with arching branches, 
thickly sown with small gray berries in clusters. L. Ibota 
Regelianum (Kegels Privet), is the better form and has the 
same fruit. L. citissimum has large dull black berries in heavy 
clumps, while L. macrocarpum's fruit is glossy and oblong, in 
close clusters. L. vulgare foliosum has leaves that persist into 
December and round dull black fruit. L. vulgare xanthacdrpum, 
the Yellow-fruited Common Privet, carries interesting vivid 
yellow green berries growing in heavy clumps. 
Berberis, well known in the Thunbergii and vulgaris varieties, 
has many unusual forms — B. Jucida carries its green leaver well 
into November and its thick-set red berries are lovely. B. 
diaphana foliage turns a charming old rose, as does that of 
B. dictyophilla. 
Euonymus radicans vegetus grown as a shrub makes a large 
mass of emphatic glossy green, varied by the snappy accent of 
its beautiful fruit, a lavender gray sheath divided into four 
parts to show the orange seeds. Its leaf is rounded at the end. 
E. Carrieri has a longer pointed leaf and when old enough to 
fruit forms heavy branches. Like the English Ivy the leaves 
are larger and of different form on these fruiting stems. E. 
radicans is the type — and with the exception of E. nanos, all 
can be obtained from any nurseryman. E. nanos is a lovely 
thing and would make a good ground cover if planted closely 
with its persistent finely cut foliage of dark green. Its habit 
is a bit upright and open. E. alatus, called Winged Euonymus 
because of the cork wings along its stems, is a small tree from 
Japan. Its brilliant foliage and orange seeds hang fairly late. 
E. atropurpureous, the Spindle Tree or Burning Bush of the 
American species, is a shrub in very cold climates, but achieves 
twenty feet otherwise, as does E. Europeus. They both retain 
their bright and characteristic fruit late into the autumn. 
Symphoricarpus racemosus, the old-fashioned Snow berry, 
the only white berry, should be more used, for though it eventu- 
ally yields to ice and snow, it lasts into the winter. S. alba 
laevigatas is a so-called "improved" form with heavy clusters 
of large berries, which quite lack the grace of the type. S. 
vulgaris, (Indian Currant or Coral berry), bears clusters of 
tiny purple red berries in amazing numbers along its slender 
tan stems. They resist snow and are neglected by the birds. 
Leiicothoe racemosa, common to all our swamps from Massa- 
chusetts to Florida, is an ericaceous plant invaluable for mass- 
ing, where large effects are wanted. Its gorgeous late fall color- 
ing and the deep red of its twigs in winter make it most desir- 
able. L. Catesbaei, while a native of the south, is hardy north. 
Its leaves persist, the lower ones keeping their lustrous green 
and the upper ones turning a deep red, as do the scales over the 
flower buds. 
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