WHAT TO PLANT. 
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of the prettiest varieties, bears profuse clusters of pure white 
blossoms at intervals on long stalks. 
The euonymus, or burning bush, is very well known as 
a handsome shrub with purple flowers, which culminate in 
queer-shaped berries, of bright flaming scarlet, suspended by 
a long stem. These berries retain their beauty for a long 
time, and sometimes gleam rosily through a light fall of snow. 
The berries of the black alder are of a still more vivid 
scarlet, growing close to the dark stem, and lasting well into 
winter. The shrub, too, is attractive without these orna¬ 
ments. Others also, like the barberry, privet, snowdrop, 
etc., “produce berries quite as beautiful and striking as 
their blossoms, and which take up the beauty where the 
flowers leave it, and carry it on to midwinter.” 
Dwarf Horse-Chestnut. 
The althea, or rose of Sharon, is quite extensively used 
for hedges, and is one of the handsomest shrubs we have. 
The single flower is not unlike a hollyhock in shape; and 
the color varies from purple-pink to pure white. The dou¬ 
ble blossoms are quite pretty, and of these the white ones 
