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Chestnut Hill, "Philadelphia. 
COTONEASTER (See, also, Evergreen Shrubs) 
C, frigida, var. bacillaris. Staff-like. ( M) A stiff-growing sort, with 
small foliage and dark brown berries. 
CRATAEGUS. See Deciduous Trees 
CYDONIA 
C. Japonica. Japan Quince. (M) A dense, twiggy bush, its branches 
covered with sharp, stout spines and dark, glossy foliage. It is a prolific 
bloomer, and in May the plant is a blaze of color. The quince-shaped, fra¬ 
grant fruit of golden yellow remain a long time in the summer. The follow¬ 
ing named sorts are true to color. 
C. Japonica, var. alba. Blush white; single. 
C. Japonica, var. candidissima. White; single. 
C. Japonica, var. grandiflora rosea. Rose. 
C. Japonica, var. sanguinea pleno. Scarlet; double. 
C. Japonica, var. sulfurea perfecta. Pale yellow. 
C. Maulei, var. tricolor. (VD) The foliage is prettily marked with 
creamy white, rose and pink. The colors stand well in the sun and the plant 
makes an attractive border to larger shrubbery. 
CYTISUS 
C. purpurea. ( VD ) A procumbent shrub with dark green foliage and 
purple flowers in May and June, followed by black seed-pods. A good plant 
for the border of shrubberies. Useful in dry and gravelly soils. 
C. scoparius. Scotch Broom. {M) A beautiful plant with deep green 
bark and foliage. In May and June it is covered with bright yellow, pea¬ 
shaped flowers. Useful for covering rocky and waste places, and a good plant 
for the seashore. 
C. scoparius, var. Andreanus. (S) A form not as hardy as C. scoparius. 
1 he yellow flowers have crimson wings. A beautiful plant, but needs protection. 
DAPHNE 
. Genkwa. (S) A dainty, slender shrub, producing beautiful fragrant 
lilac-colored flovvers in March or early April, before the leaves appear. A good 
plant for bordering shrubberies, and valuable as an early bloomer. 
DESMODIUM PENDULIFLORUM. See Lespedeza Sieboldi 
DEUTZIA 
D. crenata, var. candidissima. Double White Deutzia. (L) A vigor 
ous, graceful grower, with double white flowers. June. 
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