Brilliant yellow flowers of St. John’s Wort against rich dark 
green foliage 
St. John’s Wort 
(Hypericum Moserianum ) 
Of the Hypericums, upon which we depend so largely for 
yellow bloom, there is one with pendulous habit, foliage of a 
deep shining green, deep golden yellow blooms about the size 
of a wild rose, and borne at the terminals of long, drooping 
stems. From May until frost, Moserianum is a mass of showy 
bloom. It is excellent for cover-planting, to be set along the 
border of larger shrubbery, and ideal as an undergrowth with 
plantings of rhododendrons and other evergreen shrubs. 
Siebold’s Holly (Ilex Sieboldi ) 
In the Holly family there are many members whose foliage 
is not of the particular Holly type, but nevertheless are true 
Hollies, and show their characteristic most strongly by their 
brilliant fruits. Of these we are indebted to Japan for Ilex 
Sieboldi, a good-growing shrub, with pale green foliage, and of 
not unattractive form; but its glory is the wealth of crimson 
berries, remaining on the branches all through the winter. 
Japanese Witch Hazel 
Almost everyone is familiar with our native American 
Witch Hazel, which springs into bloom during December and 
January, but this variety from northern Japan begins to bloom 
about the middle of March, covering its branches with conspicu¬ 
ous, fantastic, yellow blooms, and merits at least as much, if 
not more consideration, though not so well known. It is val¬ 
uable for planting in the foreground of evergreens. 
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