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DECIDUOUS SHRUBS-Continued 
Plum (Prunus Pissardii) —Purple foliage. 
Peonia —Tree. Low shrub with flowers of 
gorgeous colors. 
Rhododendrons —Magnificent flowering 
evergreen shrubs. 
Spirea Billardii —Spikes of rosy pink flow¬ 
ers from June through the summer. 
Spirea, Anthony Waterer —Broad beads of 
deep pink flowers. 
Spirea, Prunifolia —Double white flowers in 
bunches. 
Spirea, Thunbergii —Single white flowers in 
bunches; very graceful. 
Spirea, Van Houtte —Finest of the Spireas. 
White flowers. 
Snowball, Japanese —Deep rich green foli¬ 
age with globular heads of pure white sterile 
flowers. 
Snowball, Guelder Rose —Globular clusters 
of pure white sterile flowers. 
S. Racemosus (Snowberry) —A well known 
shrub, with small pink flowers, and large 
white berries that hang on the plant through 
part of the winter. 
S. Vulgaris (Red-Fruited or Indian Cur¬ 
rant)—A shrub of very pretty habit. Foliage, 
flowers and fruit small; fruit purple, hangs 
all winter. 
Syringa or Mock Orange (Coronarius)— 
Pure white highly scented flowers. 
Syringa Aurea —Golden yellow foliage. 
Wiegela Candida —Pure white flowers in 
June. 
Wiegela Rosea —Pink flowers in June. 
Wiegela Amabilis — Robust grower, pink 
flowers. 
Wiegela, Eva Rathke — Brilliant crimson 
flowers. 
Wiegela, Variegated —White flowers, silvery 
variegated foliage. 
Tamarix —These are very beautiful shrubs, 
with small leaves, somewhat like those of the 
Juniper, and delicate small flowers in spikes. 
They are invaluable for planting by the sea¬ 
side, where scarcely anything else will grow. 
Tamarix Africana —Handsome foliage, up¬ 
right habit, flowers in May. 
Tamarix Odessana —July to September. Of 
lower growth. Pink flowers. 
Tamarix Gallica —May to July. Lighter 
green foliage, and later in flower than variety 
Africana. 
Ampelopsis Veitchii, Boston Ivy —For cov¬ 
ering walls or the ornamentation of brick 
and stone structures, no plant is so useful. 
Birthwort, Dutchman’s Pipe —A native 
species, of climbing habit and rapid growth, 
with magnificent light green foliage, ten or 
twelve inches in diameter and curious pipe¬ 
shaped, yellowish brown flowers. 
Clematis Paniculata —Vine with fragrant 
white flowers. 
Clematis Hybrids —Vines with large flowers, 
purple, white, blue and red. 
Honeysuckle, Hall’s Japan—Vine with fra¬ 
grant white flowers. 
Honeysuckle, Japan Gold Veined —Vine 
with yellow variegated foliage. 
Virginia Creeper—One of the finest vines 
for covering walls, verandas, or trunks of 
trees; affords shade quickly. 
Wistaria (Chinese Purple) —Hardy climber 
with racemes of pale purple flowers. 
Chinese White —Differing from above only 
in color, being pure white. 
Wisteria Multijuga — White and purple. 
This bears racemes of flowers two or three 
feet in length. 
Hedges 
Hedges are valuable as. a defense against 
animals, as windbreaks to protect orchards, 
gardens or farms unduly exposed, and as or¬ 
namental fences or screens to mark the bound¬ 
aries of a lawn or cemetery lot. 
The usefulness of suitable hedges for both 
ornament and defense is now everywhere ap¬ 
preciated. 
Evergreen Hedge Plants —American Arbor 
Vitae, Norway Spruce, Hemlock and Pines are 
used for hedges. See description of each 
under Evergreens. 
California Privet —This is the most glossy 
leaved and rapid growing of all the half- ever¬ 
green plants used for low hedges around pri¬ 
vate lawns, and is the universal favorite at 
Newport and other fashionable seaside re¬ 
sorts. The plant has light green stems and 
white flowers in June. Transplants easily, 
grows in almost any soil and location, even 
where quite shaded and can be trimmed to 
any desired form. 
Barberry Thunbergii —A comparatively new 
shrub of low growing habit, seldom over four 
feet, unrivalled for beauty. Foliage a bright 
green until autumn when it changes to bril¬ 
liant tints of crimson and yellow. The con¬ 
spicuous crimson berries remain on through¬ 
out the winter, giving a very pleasing effect. 
Japan Quince, Spireas, Lilacs and other 
shrubs are used effectively as hedges. 
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