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ALBANY NURSERIES 
JUNIPERAS, Continued. 
long slender tapering shoots, clothed with 
fine sage green foliage; most of the leaves 
minute and scale like. 
J. chinensis procumbens (Creeping Jap- 
anese Juniper) a dense dwarf shrub with 
trailing branches and glossy glaucous foli- 
age; a fine variety. 
Laurus. LAUREL. (See Prunus.) 
Flowers are large, long erect racemes fol- 
lowed by large blue berries. 
RUNUS. 
This is a very large and very diversified 
genus, including many of our common fruit 
trees and also many attractive trees and 
shrubs. The two best evergreen represent- 
atives are listed below: 
Ligustrum: PRIVET. 
These shrubs make rapid growth. Leaves 
are rather small, attractive bright green. 
Would stand severe pruning. 
L. ovalifoiium. CALIFORNIA PRIVET. 
This variety is frequently found used as a 
hedge plant. It is, perhaps, the most 
popular of all plants that are used for 
this purpose. The leaves are bright green, 
medium size; flowers in June. Makes a 
rapid growth. Can be pruned into any 
form. 
L. sinense. CHINESE PRIVET. This 
variety produces leaves which are narrower 
than those upon the above and somewhat 
smaller; dark green above, light green be- 
neath. It is spreading in form and is best 
used as a specimen plant. It is not used 
for hedge purposes. 
LONICERA. 
L. nitida. Dainty evergreen bush honey- 
suckle to six feet in height; resembling 
Privet; leaves a glossy dark green; flowers 
small, fragrant, creamy white; fruit pur- 
ple; very hardy. 
MAHONIA. 
These plants belong to a branch of the 
Barberry family. They differ in that they 
have pinnatic leaves. They are known as 
the Mahonia in the trade. Leaflets are 
large with prickly margins. Stems arise 
from the base of the plant and seldom 
branch. Flowers are always yellow. 
M. aquifolium. OREGON GRAPE. This 
is our well-known native plant. Reaches a 
height of six feet under cultivation. Leaves 
are dark green, becoming coppery red or 
purple during the Winter. New growth is 
very glossy. Flowers are bright yellow 
followed by many attractive purple or dark 
blue berries. 
M. japonica. JAPANESE MAHONIA. 
Leaves of this variety are much larger 
than those of the preceding. They are of 
a soft green shade, becoming marked with 
yellow and red if exposed to the sun. 
Prunus laurocerasus. ENGLISH LAU- 
REL. This a large shrub or tree, produc- 
ing large light green foliage. Flowers are 
white in erect racemes followed by black 
cherry-like fruits. This plant is readily 
pruned into hedges and withstands severe 
pruning. 
Kalmia latifolia. MT. LAUREL. Broad 
glossy green, shining foliage; flowers in 
large and showy clusters of elegant shape 
and most beautifully colored, mostly pink 
and white. Few broad-leaved evergreens 
are as beautiful in foliage, and none can 
excel the beauty and delicate forms of its 
flowers. Requires about the same treat- 
ment as the rhododendron. 
P. lusitanica. PORTUGAL LAUREL 
This plant comes to us from Spain and 
Portugal; is easily distinguished from the 
English variety by its dark green sharp 
serrated ieaves. Very compact in form- 
flowers are white in long slender racemes. 
It is one of the most attractive shrubs and 
is especially useful when planted in great 
masses. 
Pyracantha ( Crataegus ): EVERGREEN 
HAWTHORN. 
These are large shrubs belonging to the 
Hawthorn family. They are identical in 
fruit and flower, but are evergreen. 
P. coccinea. BURNING BUSH. This 
plant develops into a large shrub; small 
ovate leaves; produces great quantities of 
small white flowers on flat crymbs, fol- 
lowed by a mass of large orange-red ber- 
ries in the early Fall. 
Var. c. lalandi. This is a variety of the 
above which makes a stronger growth pro- 
duces longer shoots that can be trained 
against a wall if desfred. Leaves are a 
little longer. Berries orange-yellow. 
crenuiata. 
HAWTHORN. This plant is distinguished 
from the preceding in that its growth is 
more compact, branches are slenderer, 
leaves are longer, narrow and glossy. New 
growth is very ruddy. Flowers are quite 
similar but the berries are bright clear red 
It will thrive in considerable shade. 
