* 
T HE beauty of any grounds can be greatly enhanced by judicious plantations 
of Hardy Shrubs, and varieties can be selected that will give flowers through¬ 
out the summer, handsome colored foliage in autumn, and berries lasting well into 
the winter. 
ABBREV I ATIONS 
Denoting size: L t large; A/, medium; S, small; D , dwarf; 1'D } very dwarf. 
ABELIA 
A. floribunda. (S) A free-flowering, half-evergreen shrub, with dark 
glossy foliage and white blossoms blushed with pink. Flowers throughout the 
summer. Habit pendulous and graceful. 
ACANTHOPANAX 
A. spinosa; syn., Aralia. (L) An excellent shrub, with slim branches 
covered with sharp thorns and shining, bright green foliage. Makes a grand 
hedge plant and does well on rocky, hilly banks. 
AESCULUS 
A. parviflora; syn., Pavia macrostachya. (L) A dwarf variety of 
Horse-Chestnut of great beauty. Forms a broad round bush with deep green 
foliage, and in July bears a mass of beautiful upright spikes of white blossoms. 
(See plate on page 70.) 
ALTH/E A. See Hibiscus 
AMELANCHIER 
A. Botryapium. Juneberry. ( S ) A dwarf shrub with glabrous foliage, 
bearing white flowers in late April, followed by edible, dark red berries. 
(See plate on page 70.) 
AMORPHA 
A canescens. Lead Plant. ( 5 ) A handsome free-flowering shrub. 
Habit dense, foliage pinnate, blue flowers in dense terminal panicles in June. 
Useful for shrubberies or rockeries. Prefers a sunny and well-drained 
position. 
A. fruticosa. False Indigo. ( L) A large, spreading bush with pinnate 
leaves and slender spikes of deep purple flowers, which bloom in June after 
most of the spring-flowering shrubs arc over. 
AMYGDALUS. Almond. See Prunus 
ARONIA FLORIBUNDA. Sec Pyrus 
67 
