Abelia rupestris, one of the most exquisite of all (lowering shrubs 
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Cork-Barked Euonyinus 
(.Euonvrnus alatus ) 
While all deciduous shrubs are useful in border plantings, 
there are some which, while lending themselves perfectly for 
massing, stand out distinctly as desirable for specimens. The 
Cork-barked Euonymus is noticeable in this class. Of upright 
but bushy habit, with good green foliage in summer, and chang¬ 
ing in the autumn to shades of oriental reds and yellows, 
it enhances these beauties by a multitude of brilliant carmine 
berries, carried from the middle of autumn until late in the win¬ 
ter; and even when the attractive foliage and berries have gone 
the plant is unique by reason of the corky bark of its branches. 
Abelia rupestris 
In the border everyone is anxious for that shrub which will 
bloom the longest, and here we have a beautiful plant, most 
useful not only with deciduous shrubbery, but as an under¬ 
growth with rhododendrons and the dwarfer, open-growing 
evergreens. Of light, graceful habit, stems of rich mahogany- 
brown, foliage dark green and glossy, 
and with interesting little 
flowers in great masses from 
early June until nipped by 
frost. The autumn color¬ 
ing of this plant is 
remarkable in its 
shades of coppery 
bronze. 
