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growing alone^ or on the border of a mass of shrubs, its branches, 
with age, bend gracefully to the ground, though for some years after 
it is planted the habit is erect. 
The Purple Berberry. B. atropurpiirea. — This is a variety 
of the common berberry, with leaves and young twigs of a pure 
purple color. A beautiful and indispensable shrub in every collec- 
tion, on this account, as well as for its gracefully spreading habit. 
Flowers like the preceding. A spreading bush, five to seven feet 
broad and high, ordinarily, but may be grown much larger. 
THE CALYCANTHUS, OR SWEET-SCENTED SHRUB. 
Calycanthus floridus. 
A spreading bush, native of the southern States, with fragrant 
flowers and camphor-scented wood. The flowers, produced from 
May to August, are small and inconspicuous, but of a peculiar and 
delicious perfume. Color, a deep dull purple. The leaves are 
dull in color. At the south it is a handsome shrub, but is not so 
well worth planting in the northern States, except for the peculiar- 
ity of the perfume. It does best in a rich, warm, sandy soil, and 
a shady place. The C. glaiicus is a variety very similar to the 
above, with glossier leaves, and less- odorous but brighter-colored 
flowers. Height at the south six to eight feet. The C. prunifolius 
is a variety highly recommended for its good habit and fragrance. 
THE CARAGANA. Caragana. 
An Asiatic species of legiiminacece, mostly shrubs. The follow- 
ing are the best known : 
The Siberian Pea-tree. Caragaiia arborescejis, — A fastig- 
iate shrubby tree, with numerous yellow twigs and very small 
pinnate leaves of the same character as those of the acacias, but 
much smaller and of a rare golden-green color. Flowers small, 
yellow, in April or May. Seeds borne in pods, ripe in August. A 
tree of marked beauty in early summer, by the contrast it presents 
