ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT— DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 
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Diervilla: WEIGELA. 
This genus of plants comes to us from 
Japan. It is composed of shrubs erect in 
habit while young and gradually spreading 
and drooping as they acquire age. The 
bloom is large bell or trumpet shape; of all 
shades and colors from pure white to red 
and produced during the months of June 
and July. They are useful for mass effect 
and will grow well in any ordinary garden 
soil. They are excellent plants for city 
homes to be used as specimen plants. 
Diervilla hybrida, or Candida. WHITE 
FLOWERED WEIGELA. This plant 
makes a vigorous growth, very erect. Be- 
comes in time a large-sized shrub; flowers 
pure white and produced in great profusion 
in June. Plants continue to bloom through- 
out the Summer until late Autumn. 
Var. Eva Rathke. This plant grows to a 
height of five feet. Similar in habit to the 
above. Its flowers, however, are more at- 
tractive being a brilliant crimson. 
Var. rosea. This plant urually blooms in 
May; similar to the above except that its 
flowers are rose colored. 
Var. nama fobs variegata. VARIEGATED 
LEAVED WEIGELA. The flowers of this 
plant are similar to the above. The foliage, 
however, differs in that it is broader and is 
variegated with yellowish white border. 
Dwarf. 
Var. Van Houtte. The flowers are clear 
carmen color; showy and handsome. 
Elaeagnus: JAPAN OLEASTER. 
Elaeagnus longipes. A small bush, very 
attractive because of its unusually silvery 
colored foliage, which is oval in shape, 
from one to two inches in length. In July 
the plants are covered with bright red 
edible berries, the flavor being pungent. 
The bush is very ornamental when laden 
with its attractive colored fruit 
EUONYMUS. 
Euonymus europaeus. STRAWBERRY 
or SPINDLE TREE or WAHOO. This 
shrub produces interesting peculiarly 
shaped fruit of a rather reddish hue. The 
plant is very attractive in Autumn. Its 
foliage turns bright red. 
EXOCHORDA. 
Exochorda grandiflora. PEARL BUSH. 
This is a very beautiful white flowered 
shrub forming a graceful specimen reach- 
ing a height of six feet or more. It blooms 
as a rule about the end of April and never 
fails to attract attention. The light wiry 
branches come so laden with bloom that 
thev bend beneath their load. It is per- 
fectly hardy. The bloom is very useful for 
cut flowers. 
Forsythia: GOLDEN BELLS. 
These are pretty shrubs of medium size, 
all natives of Japan and China. The flow- 
ers are drooping yellow and appear in the 
early Spring before the leaves. It is of 
especial value for this reason. 
F. Fortuneii. Upright in growth; foliage 
deep green. Flowers bright yellow. 
F. intermedia. Foliage glossy green, 
flowers bright golden; very hardy. 
F. suspensa. Forms a loose growing plant 
and can be well trained to a wall. Flowers 
in March; rather weeping in habit. Should 
be pruned immediately after blooming; has 
a growth that is made later, will flower 
the following Spring. 
F. viridissima. This is a more compact 
shrub than the one just mentioned. Is 
clothed with willow-like leaves; flowers are 
rather paler in hue than the others. 
Hamamelis: WITCH HAZEL. 
H. Virginica. A tall shrub producing yel- 
low flowers late in the Autumn which are 
of especial value because of thisreasnn. It 
is t ailed witchhazel beca 1 se of the remark- 
able resemblance that the leaves bear to 
those of the hazel. 
Weigela, Variegated. 
