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Flowering and Berry-Bearing Shrubs 
The great variety in the foliage, flowers, fruits, and habits 
of different shrubs warrants extensive use in landscape pictures 
or home-development. They are especially appropriate along the 
edge of property, on steep slopes, and in compact groups near 
buildings. Individual specimens may be used where they will fit 
into the landscape picture, for many shrubs are especially admired 
for their symmetry or beauty in flower and fruit, and suffer ac¬ 
cordingly when planted in close competition with other subjects. 
Benzoin 
Acanthopanax 
Pentaphyllum. Five-leaf Aralia. Grown 
chiefly for its glittering green, five¬ 
leaved foliage, this handsome shrub 
grows 6 to 8 feet high, depending on 
soil and location. The stems are spiny 
and the flowers are inconspicuous and 
green. There are no fruits. It is used 
largely for massed foliage effects and is 
excellent for dry, half-shady banks. 
50c each; $4.50 for 10. 
Aronia 
Arbutifolia. Growing about 10 feet high, 
the Red Chokeberry has interesting 
narrow foliage and clusters of tiny white 
or pinkish flowers, followed in due 
course by dull red fruits which glitter 
among the red foliage of Autumn. 75c 
each; $6.50 for 10. 
Azaleas 
Among the showiest flowering shrubs 
are Azaleas, close relatives of the rhodo¬ 
dendron and laurel. As a rule, they bloom 
in early Spring before the foliage is well 
developed, and appear to be completely 
buried in bloom. They are acid-soil plants 
but demand plenty of water and sunshine. 
Arborescens. The Tree Azalea sometimes 
grows 10 feet high or more. Its pure 
white flowers are daintily edged with 
pink and are exquisitely fragrant. 18 to 
24 in., $2.50 each. 
Calendulacea. The Flame Azalea is a 
moderately vigorous bush, bearing in 
early Summer huge clusters of flame- 
colored flowers varying through yellow 
and orange to deepest scarlet. 15 to 
18 in., $2.00 each. 18 to 24 in., $2.50. 
Canescens. A vigorous, upright shrub 
with fragrant, pinkish white flowers in 
clusters. 15 to 18 in., $1.75 each. 
18 to 24 in., $2.00. 
AZALEAS, continued 
Kaempferi. Probably the most spectacu¬ 
lar of all the Azaleas. A bushy plant 
from 3 to 6 feet high. In early Summer 
the plants are covered with incredible 
numbers of dazzling orange-red flowers. 
15 to 18 in., $2.00 each. 18 to 24 in., 
$3.00. 
Mollis. Stiff, slender shrubs with very 
large, pale salmon-pink or orange-yellow 
flowers, scarcely any two plants produc¬ 
ing blooms of the same color. Most 
beautiful of all Azaleas and hardy 
throughout New England. 15 to 18 in., 
$2.00 each. 18 to 24 in., $2.50. 
Miss Louisa Hunnewell. A hybrid of A. 
mollis, raised in New England. It pro¬ 
duces clusters of brilliant orange-yellow 
flowers, extremely beautiful and showy. 
15 to 18 in., $3.00 each. 18 to 24 in., 
$3.75. 
Mucronulata. A very early-flowering form 
of R. dauricum, with deciduous foliage 
and pale rose-purple flowers at the first 
break of Spring. 18 to 24 in., $3.00 each. 
2 to iy 2 ft., $4.00. 
Poukhanensis. Bushy, low shrub with 
large, fragrant, purple flowers spotted 
with brown. It is a form of R. yedoense, 
extremely hardy and blooms when very 
small. 15 to 18 in., $2.00 each. 18 to 
24 in., $3.00. 
Vaseyi. Perhaps this is the most beautiful 
of all native Azaleas, and is generally 
regarded as a swamp plant. It has 
exquisitely fragrant shell-pink flowers in 
Midsummer. 15 to 18 in., $2.25 each. 
18 to 24 in., $3.00. 
Viscosa. This is the Swamp Honeysuckle 
of New England. It bears fragrant, 
sticky white flowers, tinged with pink, 
in late June and July. A native of wet, 
mucky soil. 18 to 24 in., $1.50 each. 
24 to 30 in., $2.00. 
jEstivale. The Spice Bush is a vigorous, 
8- to 10-foot shrub with small greenish 
yellow flowers before the foliage. Scar¬ 
let fruit. Aromatic leaves. 50c each; 
$4.50 for 10. 
Berberis 
Thunbergii. A spiny shrub with arching 
branches and beautiful foliage. One of 
the finest hedge-plants if allowed to 
develop naturally, and withstands mod¬ 
erate shearing. The berries are very 
decorative throughout the Winter. Ex¬ 
tremely hardy. 12 to 15 in., 15c each; 
$1.00 for 10; $9.00 per 100. 15 to 
18 in., 20c each; $1.50 for 10; $10.00 
per 100. 18 to 24 in., 25c each; $2.00 
for 10; $15.00 per 100. 
Thunbergii atropurpurea. A form of Japa¬ 
nese Barberry with bright red foliage 
which retains its color throughout the 
entire season if grown in a sunny place. 
\ l A to 2 ft., 50c each; $4.50 for 10. 
Buddleia 
Magnifica. A quick-growing shrub 8 to 
10 feet high which bears long spikes or 
tassels of lavender-purple flowers in 
Midsummer and later. In severe Win¬ 
ters the whole top of the plant is likely to 
be frozen to the ground, but the vigor of 
the root is so great that it will renew 
itself entirely in one season and bloom 
as if nothing had happened. 40c each; 
$3.50 for 10. 
lie de France. A particularly handsome, 
deep richly colored form of the Butter¬ 
fly Bush. See page 85. 50c each; 
$4.50 for 10. 
