larger than those of other spit teas, white ami 
borne in axillary, few-flowered racemes. It 
comes from China, is very hardy, grows to 
the hight ot 10 feet in as many years, flowers 
in May when the shrub is nearly as white as a 
bank of snow. The bark exfoliates as in 
Nine-bark thongh not so freely. 
The Japan Maples. These must be class¬ 
ed as shrubs. Wc should be pleased on ac¬ 
count of tbeir beautifully cut and colored fo¬ 
liage to commend fhern as suited to those 
general purposes which alone we are at pres- 
sent considering; but their exceedingly slow 
growth and high price forbid. 
CekcisJaponxca —the Japau Judas-tree. We 
have spoken of this shrub in another place, 
and reference is again made to it here because 
it should not be omitted in any collection of 
shrubs, Lowever small. A fine engraving of 
the leaf, stein and fruit was published in this 
journal, December 18, of last year. In these 
grounds there is but one specimen, about six 
years old from the nurseiy. It is now but six 
feet high, having I een injured occasionally by 
severe cold. It has never failed, however, to 
wreathe its lower branches in rich, rosy-purple 
flowers in May, nor to cover itself with a 
wealth of large, thick, glossy, deep-green, 
heart-shaped leaves, it is propagated with 
some ditliculty, but grows readily from seeds 
which, however, arc iu this climate rarely 
produced. 
Fohsythia viridissima. Among the sturdi¬ 
est and worthiest of eaily blooming shrubs is 
this—the Golden Bell. Its long shoots remind 
one of willow shrubs—its flowers, of our Dog's- 
tooth Violet. It begins to bloom here usually 
about April 30th, before the leaf buds break. 
It is in full bloom usually about May 1st, when 
it ^resembles a bush of yellow stars. The 
flowers fado-away about the middle of May, 
when the fine, serrated foliage is fully develop¬ 
ed. This lasts until early Winter, changing to 
a deep purple. 
IIalesia tetrapteka, or Silver Bell, is a 
symmetrical little tree or large shrub, which is 
fouud wild in parts of Ohio, Virginia. North 
Carolina and southward. The white bell 
flowers droop from slender pedicels m small 
racemes, but they last for two or three days 
only. The stems ot this tree are clean and 
shapely, the wood very hard, the oark gray 
and dark-brown handsomely striated. 
Hardy SHrubii with Variegated or Colored 
Leaves. 
There are hundreds 
l he Barberry works in very nicely among 
taller-growing shrubs. Its orange blossoms of 
early Summer or late Spring, its berries in the 
I all and its leaves all the while are interesting 
and pretty. 
The Sweet-scented Shrub bears queer flowers 
of a chocolate color and a fruit odor. It grows 
very well under other trees. This is easily 
raised from seed, though it does not always 
bear fruit from which to procure the seed. 
The Red-Branched Cornus, or Dogwood, is 
suggested the name. The. anthers rest in the 
pockets while the flower is in the bud. When 
it unfolds, the anthers arc carried outward and 
downward, which curves the filaments (stalks 
of the stamens) like a drawn bow, until finally 
the corolla has so far expanded as to liberate 
the anthers. Thiy then shoot off. generally 
striking the stigma of the pistil with one or 
more pollen masses, thus pollenating it and 
accomplishing the first step towards the ferti¬ 
lization of the ovary. We have seen the pollen 
proved kinds camiot be considered hardy north 
of this latitude, and, as th« y require somewhat 
careful treatment even «htu tiny are hardy, 
we must reluctantly pass them 1 y as not adapt¬ 
ed to our present purpose. Those who desire 
them, however, will fiud full lists iu several of 
the catalogues elsewhere mentioned. 
Trues. 
If we were writing for grounds over one 
acre in extent, we should, begin with the maples 
and place probably the Norway first. But 
this must be allowed too much space to be ad¬ 
mitted, if variety here, as in more extensive 
grounds, should never be lost sight of. We 
have just been walking over these grounds, 
looking at aDd dwelling upou every tree that 
is here giowing, or that we could recall in 
other places with a view to answering the 
questiou “ Which do you prefer ?” The ques¬ 
tion is not a fuir one, or rather it is one which 
cannot be satisfactorily answered. Our re¬ 
gards are pretty equally divided between sev¬ 
eral, and if our soil, situation and climate were 
somewhat different, others might impress us 
still more favorably. Among the best, how¬ 
ever, we do not hesitate to place. 
The Yellow’-Wood —Cladrastis tinctoria or 
Virgilia lutea. It attains a hight of 30 feet 
with mature age and under favorable condi¬ 
tions. In 10 yeais small trees fiorn the nur¬ 
sery will grow to be about 15 feet iu hight by 
as many iu breadth. The bark is smooth, 
gray and clean. The tree inclines to branch 
low, forming a roundish, though somewhat 
balloon-shaped head a little larger on one side 
than on the other—a defect easily corrected. 
The leaves are borne on switch-like petioles 
with a swollen base like a horse’s foot. Under 
this the bud for the next year is concealed and 
protected for a greater part of the Winter. 
The leaflets are of a soft, pleasing shade of 
green—from seven to eleven upon each stalk— 
and of an ovate shape. They retain tbeir fresh 
green in ajl its purity nntil Fall when they 
change to a golden color—the lower ones first. 
The leaves fully clothe the graceful form and 
set off strikingly the pendulous racemes of 
white, pea-3haped flowers, drooping from the 
ends of the branches a foot in length. The 
Yellow-Wood leafs out about May 1st and 
blooms in May and June. 
The European Purple Beech (Fagus sylva- 
tica purpurea) is one of the most brilliantly 
beautiful trees that we have any knowledge of, 
and were it not that it is by no means easy to 
transplant successfully, or rather to establish 
in new quarters, we should unqualifiedly re¬ 
commend it to every reader. We learn that 
there are many plaees where no such trouble 
is experienced; but even in the other cases 
the beauty of the tree can hardly fail to com¬ 
pensate for many failures. The buds break 
about the first of May, and by the middle, the 
tree is in its fullest beauty, lasting until July, 
when the bright purple changes to a deep 
green which is itself peculiar and pleasing. 
Again in the Fall, the purple color returns. 
There is a great difference in different trees of 
the so-called Purple Beech. We have seen 
specimens that were not deserving of the name. 
The variety known as Rivers's Purple Beech is 
that which we should advise our readers to 
select. 
The Weeping Beech (Fagus sylvatica pen- 
dula) is a tree of world-wide celebrity. A 
coarse, but true sketch of the beautiful speei- 
meu on the grounds of Mr. Parsons, of Flush¬ 
ing, as it appears in Winter, was given in the 
Rural of June ‘29. '78. The present sketch is 
re-engraved from Mr. F. J. Scott’s fine work 
entitled ** Suburban Home Grounds ” ’'Grand¬ 
ly eccentric "—‘‘the most curious tree of our 
uf them, and yet there 
are few we can place in our present selection. 
The variegated Cornelian Cherry (Cornus 
mascula variegata) is one of the best. The 
leaves are yellowish-white and green; the 
plant very hardy. It grows from five to eight 
feet in hight. The variegated double-flower¬ 
ing Hibiscus Syriacus already mentioned ; the 
variegated-leaved Coral-berry (Symphoricar- 
pus vulgaris) ; the Golden leaved Elder (3am- 
bucus nigra aurea) ; the Silver-leaved Elder 
(Sambueus nigra argentea); the Purple-leaved 
Filbert) Corylus Avellana atropurpurea. This 
and the Golden Nine-bark look beautiful 
together in early Spring. The Purple-leaved 
Barberry. 
Other Hardy Shrubs Worthy of a Place In Any 
General Collection, 
Standard Honeysuckles should not be omit¬ 
ted in any general collection. They are desir¬ 
able for their leaves, some of which last until 
February; for their flowers, which are often 
fragrant; for their fruit, which in different 
kinds is black, red and white. Ledebour’s, 
Standieh's, White and Red Tartarian Honey¬ 
suckles are among the best. The Honey¬ 
suckles. both vines aud shrubs, are easily 
raised from seeds. Siaudish's bears sweet - 
Bcented flowers before the leaves appear—often 
indeed in Mid- winter during warm periods. 
The Phlladelphus (Syringa or Mock Orange) 
is a large shrub, beariug white, fragrant 
flowers from June 1st till the 20th, varying, of 
course, with the season. We have raised a 
number from seed, but the seedlings are much 
the same as their parents. The Garland Syi- 
inga (P. coronarius) is perhaps the best. There 
is a variety of this with partially double 
flowers. 
The Japan Iverria (double -flowered), or 
Globe-flower, is well known in most gardens, 
bearing its yellow “ roses” from April to July. 
The bark is of a lively greeu color. 
The Double-Flowering Plum (Prunus triloba) 
is magnificent for a day or so while in bloom. 
We have never observed anything else about it 
that deserves praise. 
Rhus Cotinus receives justice elsewhere iu 
this number. This is the Smoke or Purple 
Fringe-Tree. There are thousands of people 
who have this shrub growing on their grounds, 
that have little idea of its varied, changing, 
exquisite beauly under good treatment. 
Should the lilac be forgotten? Yes, we an¬ 
swer, if it is not deemed worthy of better places 
and care thau are usually given it. The lilac 
is always neglected, and yet there is no shrub 
that more heartily responds to care. There 
are few pleasauter sights in Spring than au as¬ 
sortment of different-colored lilacs in full 
bloom. The colors are white, lilac, reddish- 
purple and bluish-purple. 
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Plan for Grounds of a Country Home.— Re-engraved from Scott’s “Suburban Homes.” 
fig. 06. 
) which wo refer. Near the top of the tube of It is next to impossible to transplant wild 
le flower is a distinct line of crimson or rose. plants unless it is rightly done. They should be 
he anthers, upon curved filaments, rest in 10 taken up with as much soil as practicable and 
ivities or littlu niches or pockets, which on all of the fibrous roots it is possible to obtain 
ie outside of the flower form so many spurs, When there is no soil preserved and the roots 
t protuberances. Above these pockets on the are mutilated, the tops, stems and leaves must 
isule are 10 dark-red spots. These Bpots and be cut off. 
nea give it a calico look, and have no doubt Rhododendrons need no praise. But the im- 
