Ligustrum (Continued) 
ornamental shrub, with thick, glossy, 
nearly evergreen leaves; very popular for 
ornamental hedges and for trimmed speci¬ 
men bushes, especially along the seacoast. 
20 cts. each, $3 to $10 per 100. 
L. ciliatum; syn., L. medium and L. meadia. 
free-blooming bush, 4 or 5 feet high, 
loaded with black fruit in autumn and 
winter. 
L. vulgare (Common English Privet). A 
familiar shrub of old gardens. 
All the Privets are of easiest culture, 
and if not trimmed too closely are free 
bloomers. 
LONICERA fragrantissima (Early Fragrant 
Honeysuckle). A bush of spreading habit, 
that blooms from the old wood very early 
in the spring; the small cream-colored 
flowers often perfume the air with a pleas¬ 
ant hyacinth fragrance before the snow 
MYRICA cerifera (Candleberry). A small na¬ 
tive shrub, nearly evergreen; excellent for 
covering sandy or gravelly banks, and for 
seashore. 50 cts. 
PAVIA alba (Dwarf Horse-Chestnut); syn., 
Aesculus parviflora. A spreading shrub, 
which under favorable conditions, attains 
a size of 8 feet high and 15 feet in diam¬ 
eter; when covered with hundreds of 
spikes of white flowers, whose carmine 
anthers give just a delicate tint to the mass 
of bloom, it is one of the most showy 
plants in the list of beautiful midsummer 
bloomers. 50 cts., to $1. 
PHILADELPHUS coronarius (Syringa, <>r 
Mock Orange). The profusion of milk- 
white flowers, and their delightful orange- 
blossom fragrance, make this shrub a 
general favorite. 
P. c. aurea (Golden-leaved Syringa). A dwarf, 
compact shrub, with bright yellow foliage. 
H YDR ANGEA-ARBORESCENS — HILLS OF SNOW (SEE PAGE 31) 
has entirely disappeared. Very desirable 
for large shrubberies and forest borders. 
L. Morrowi. A white flowered variety, very 
decorative with its bright red fruit in latter 
part of summer. 
L. Standishi (Standish’s Bush Honeysuckle). 
Another very early bloomer, similar to the 
above, but less straggling in habit. 
L. Tatarica (Tartarian Honeysuckle). An 
old and popular shrub, with rose-colored 
flowers. 
L. T. alba (White Tartarian Honeysuckle). 
L. xylosteum (Fly Honeysuckle). An old 
shrub, with gray bark and cream-colored 
flowers. 
Very effective as a foliage plant, and 
blooms freely when several years old. 
P. Gordonianus (Gordon’s Mock Orange). 
Vigorous grower, blooming later than the 
others. 
P. grandiflorus. This species forms a tall 
bush, of slender, twiggy habit, with large 
flowers, later than P. coronarius, and not 
as fragrant; valuable for succession of 
bloom. 
RHODODENDRON. See Evergreen Shrubs. 
RHODOTYPUS kerrioides (White Kerria). A 
slender-twigged rare Japanese shrub, with 
very pretty, deeply veined leaves, and pure 
white flowers, borne at intervals all summer. 
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