CARAGANA arborescens. Siherian Pka Tree. May. Bright yel- 
low pea-shaped dowers and graceful pinnate leaves. Well adapted 
for massing. 
CEPHALANTHUS occidentalis. 
Button Bush. One of the best shrubs 
for damp spots. It makes a dense, 
elegant growth, forming a rounded 
mass of dark green, studded with 
clusters of white, fragrant, ball-like 
dowers in July. 
CEANOTHUS Americanus. New 
Jersey Tea. Upright-growing shrub, 
producing numerous small white dow- 
ers in dense panicles in June, entirely 
covering the bright green foliage ; 
thrives in dry and shady places. 
CHIONANTHUS Virginica. White 
Fringe Tree. One of our handsomest 
wild shrubs, growing to tree-like pro- 
portions in favorable locations. Its 
loose, gracefully drooping panicles of 
white dowers are quite fragrant, and 
borne in fringing clusters above very 
large, deep green leaves of thick, 
leathery texture. The contrast between 
leaves and dowers is dne. Leaves 
yellow in fall. 
CLETHRA alnifolia. Sweet Pepper 
Bush. This charming little shrub will 
dourish in almost any situation, and is 
delightfully fragrant in September, 
when covered with long, showy wands of white dowers. The drier 
and sandier the soil the better it seems to dourish. 
COLUTEA arborescens. Bladder Senna. Ornamental free-dower- 
ing shrub of compact and rapid growth ; dull green leaves ; yellow 
and brownish red dowers, borne in long racemes, followed by red 
bladder-shaped seed-pods. 
CORNUS alba. Siherian Dogwood. Shrub with erect stem, good 
clean foliage and bright blood red branches ; useful for winter effect, 
var. Spaethi aurea. Of quick growth, with strong shoots and 
bright red bark. The leaves are broadly margined with creamy yel- 
low. One of the choicest variegated shrubs. 
C. Mas, or mascula. Cornelian Cherry. Handsome shrub of dense 
growth, with glossy foliage ; very attractive in early spring with its 
yellow dowers, and again in the fall with shining scarlet fruit. 
C. sanguinea, var. elegantissima variegata. One of the finest 
variegated shrubs; slow-growing; leaves broadly margined with 
white, contrasting strongly with the deep red bark. 
CORYLUS Avellana, var. atropurpurea. Purple-leaved Fil- 
hert. A distinct and fine shrub for grouping. The leaves are large, 
rich purple, and hold their color well. Conspicuous in any arrangement. 
Deciduous and Evergreen Shrubs 
Clethra alnifolia 
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