ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT-DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 
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PRIVET, continued 
and regular in its form, and bears shearing to 
any extent. The flowers appear in June and July. 
Makes fine ornamental single specimens and one 
of the mostdesirable hedge-plants; compact, free 
grower. 
Common [L. vulgar e.] An English shrub with 
smooth, dark green leaves; showy white flowers; 
fruit purple. Hardy. 
California [L. ovalifolium or L. Japonicum . ] 
A vigorous-growing variety, of fine habit, thick, 
glossy, nearly evergreen leaves. Of all ornament- 
al hedge-plants this is the most highly prized. 
If cut to the ground one or two years after plant- 
ing, it makes a very thick hedge right from the 
bottom, sending up many strong shoots. The 
leaves are a rich green and will remain on the 
plants up to Christmas, and if they are a little 
sheltered they will keep green almost all winter. 
This is especially the case if the hedge has at- 
tained some age and has frequently been trim- 
med. Though it is a strong grower, it can be 
kept to a low size by frequent trimming. Leaves 
remain on all winter in the Willamette Valley. 
QUINCE, JAPAN 
Cydonia, or Pyrus Japonica 
There are several flowering varieties, differ- 
ing only in their color. Although of straggling 
growth, they can be pruned to desirable shapes 
without injury. Their large, brilliant blossoms 
appear early in the spring in great profusion; 
foliage bright green and glossy all through the 
summer. It is sufficently thorny and strong to 
make a valuable hedge, and its beautiful flowers 
make it very handsome for that purpose. 
Scarlet [C. Japonica .] One of the best known, 
and a very handsome, hardy ornamental shrub. 
Has bright scarlet-crimson flowers in great pro- 
fusion, early in spring. One of the hardy shrubs; 
makes a beautiful ornamental hedge. 
Blush. A beautiful variety, with white and 
blush flowers. 
Japanese Snowball 
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHERRY. See Cherry. 
ROSE OF SHARON. See Althaea. 
SCOTCH BROOM. Genista 
G. scoparia, also known as Cytisus scoparia. 
[Scotch Broom. ] The branches almost rush-like 
in appearance, bear lovely yellow flowers. 
SILVER BELL, or SNOWDROP TREE 
Halesia 
H. tetraptera. A fine, large shrub, with beauti- 
ful large white, bell-shaped flowers in May. 
Rare and desirable. 
SNOWBALL. Virbunum 
Common [V. sterile .] A well-known favorite 
shrub of large size, with globular clusters of pure 
white flowers in the latter part of May. 
V. opulus [High Bush Cranberry]. Handsome 
and dense foliage; flowers white, in drooping flat 
cymes, followed by brilliant scarlet fruit in 
showy pendulous branches that remain on the 
plant all winter. 
V. plicatum [Japan Snowball.] This Japanese 
variety of the old-fashioned Snowball is one of 
the most valuable of our hardy shrubs. It forms 
an erect, compact shrub, 6 to 8 feet high; blooms 
in June and for a long time in a solid mass of 
white, the plants being completely covered from 
the ground to the top of the branches with large 
balls of flowers white as snow. The foliage in 
early summer is an olive-green, turning to very 
dark green later in the season. 
SNOWBERRY. Symphoricarpus 
S. vulgaris [Indian Currant, Coral Berry, St. 
Peter’s Wort, or Waxberry.j Graceful small 
shrub; small flowers, followed by persistentdeep 
red berries along the under side of branches. 
S. racemosus. A well-known shrub with pink 
flowers and large white berries that remain on 
the plant through part of the winter. 
SPIRAEA. Meadow Sweet 
S. Anthony Waterer. A most beautiful variety 
of Bumalda. In habit of growth it is the same 
as its parent. The flowers are crimson in the 
bud and when first open, fading afterwards to a 
deep pink. It blooms about the close of June, and, 
if the flowers are cut off as fast as they com- 
mence to decay, there will be a continuance of 
them throughout the season, to some extent. 
S. aurea [Gold-leaved Spirea.l Flowers fine, 
white; foliage of a beautiful golden color, which 
gives variety to the lawn and renders it very de- 
sirable. 
S. callosa alba. A white-flowering variety, of 
dwarf habit; very fine. Remains in flower all 
summer. 
S. prunifolia florepleno [Double-flowering Plum- 
leaved Spirea.] Very beautiful; its flowers are 
like white daisies. From Japan. Blossoms in 
May. 
S. Thunbergii. Profusion of small white flowers 
in early spring. Forms a rounded, graceful, 
dwarf bush; branches slender and somewhat 
drooping. 
