FOR WAGGONER’S BIOLOGY 
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COMMON SHRUBS OF THE VICINITY 
Learn what you can about twelve or more common shrubs. 
Choose those which you find on your school grounds, about your 
home, and in parks near by. Read descriptions of these and study 
pictures of them. Learn whether each is native or introduced. 
From your observations during the spring, determine if possible 
when the flowering of the shrub occurs, when the first leaves 
appear, and whether the shrub is hardy or not. What are the 
height, the nature of the branching, the appearance of the bark, 
the form and arrangement of the leaves, and the color and char¬ 
acteristics of the flowers? For what purposes may each shrub be 
used? 
Among the shrubs which may be found in most communities 
are the following: 
Lilac 
Van Hout’s Spirea (bridal wreath) 
Japanese barberry 
Common elder 
Staghorn (hairy) and smooth sumach 
Japanese quince 
Forsythia (golden bell) 
Mock orange (syringa) 
Japanese rose 
Snowball 
Highbush cranberry 
Privet 
Flowering currant (golden) 
Tartarian honeysuckle 
Hydrangea 
Deutzia 
