ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT— DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 
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Berberis: BARBERRIES, Continued. 
fruit and rich Autumn colors. The two 
best deciduous kinds follow: 
Thunbergii. THUNBERG’S BARBERRY 
This is one of the most important of the en- 
tire group. It develops into a dense bush 
with slender arching shoots. Its reddish- 
brown flowers are produced in great pro- 
fusion. The berries are small but bright 
red in color. In the Autumn a rich green 
foliage changes to a glowing crimson be- 
fore falling. Its maximum height is about 
four feet. Very hardy. 
Var. atro Purpurea. PURPLE LEAVED 
BARBERRY. This variety has a deep 
colored purple foliage. It is sometimes 
said that the foliage is richer in rocky soil. 
It is especially effective when used in great 
masses. It is sometimes used as a hedge. 
The Thunbergii is also used for this pur- 
pose. 
Buddleia: BUTTERFLY BUSH or 
SUMMER LILAC. 
B. variabelias magnifica. Shrub to 15 feet; 
extremely rapid spreading growth; leaves 
are narrow, rather large; silvery beneath; 
flowers are lilac marked with yellow, borne 
profusely in dense spikes nearly a foot long; 
extremely fragrant; this plant is very sat- 
isfactory in that it blooms in August and 
September when few other shrubs are 
blooming. 
B. veitchii. One of the most desirable 
Summer flowering shrubs, beginning to 
bloom in July and continuing until frost. 
The flowers are a pleasing shade of violet 
and are borne in cylindrical spikes which 
will attain a length of twelve to fifteen 
inches when well cultivated. It is a very 
attractive plant and should be in every 
yard. 
Calycanthus: SWEET-SCENTED 
SHRUB. 
Calycanthus floridus. SWEET-SCENTLD 
SHRUB; ALLSPICE BUSH. This shrub 
reaches a height of 6 feet. Very compact, 
clothed with large dark green leaves. 
Flowers borne in August about two inches 
across, rather a chocolate purple color and 
very pleasantly scented. Of special value 
because of its late bloom. 
Caragana: PEA TREE. 
Caragana arborescens. PEA 1 REE. Na- 
tive of Siberia and China. Grows to be a 
rather large shrub; foliage is delicate, deep 
green tint. Flowers are pea shaped pro- 
duced in great profusion during the latter 
part of April; grows well in sandy soil. 
Caryopteris: BLUE SPIRAEA. 
Caryopteris incana. (Mastacanthus.) BLUE 
SPIRAEA. China. Shrub with moderately 
compact habit. Leaves are downy gray, 
flower bright blue produced in large clus- 
ters. Blooms throughout the entire Sum- 
mer when few other shrubs are in flower. 
Clethra: SWEET PEPPER BUSH 
Clethra alnifolia. S;W EET PEPPER 
BUSH. Forms a rather upright shrub 4 to 
5 feet high. Leaves about three inches 
long; flowers are produced in July and 
August in dense spikes, creamy white color. 
Sweet scented. 
Colutea: BLADDER SENNA. 
Colutea arborescens. BLADDER SEN- 
NA. These plants are remarkable for their 
large curiously inflated seed pods from 
which the popular name is derived. The 
shrub is large with pinnate leaves of num- 
erous small leavelets. Has yellow pea- 
shaped flowers. This bush thrives especi- 
ally well in poor, dry, sandy soil. 
Cornus; DOGWOOD. 
This is an extensive genus, comprising 
many attractive trees and shrubs. The 
shrubs produce small white flowers in num- 
erous clusters. 
Azalea, Mollis. Description on page 58. 
