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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, iqi 
The number of dif¬ 
ferent kinds of 
barberry is ex¬ 
ceedingly large 
The fruit of many 
of the roses is decora¬ 
tive and frequently 
remains on the bushes until late in 
the winter. Rosa rugosa, whose 
beautiful dark green foliage and 
large single flowers make the bush 
attractive in summer, has very large and 
brilliantly conspicuous berries, or haws, 
in the fall. Rosa maltiflora Japonica has 
immense clusters of pure, satin-white 
flowers about an inch across. They are 
single, with a cluster of yellow stamens in 
the center, and are very fragrant. The 
flowers are followed by large panicles of 
bright fruit, very showy and beautiful, 
especially when seen in contrast with the 
snows of winter. 
That old favorite, the snowberry, 
Symphoricarpos raccmosus. makes a pleas¬ 
ing addition to the landscape with its snow-white berries growing 
on the ends of the drooping branches and lasting well into the 
winter. The shrub has many 
good qualities, as it will grow in 
any soil, fill in corners and spaces 
where few plants will flourish, 
and is excellent for planting un¬ 
der trees and on dry gravelly 
banks. The leaves fall early and 
the berries make the prettiest 
show if the bush is planted in 
front of evergreens, or shrubs 
which retain their foliage late 
in the season. 
The barberry, or berberis. 
makes one of the most beautiful 
specimen shrubs, and should he 
in even the smallest collection. 
The bushes vary in height from 
tw'O to six feet, and the different 
species offer a great variety in 
leaf, flower and fruit. The 
showy orange or yellow flowers 
in May or June are succeeded by 
bright-colored fruit, which, 
though small, is produced in 
such profusion as to cover the 
branches and make it one of the 
The fruit is acid but agree- 
most ornamental shrubs in cultivation. Berberis vulgaris, the 
common barberry, is the species most generally cultivated. It 
bears a profusion of fruit which remains on the branches until 
the new leaves start in the spring. 
Berberis Thunbergii, or Thunberg’s barberry, a Japanese spe¬ 
cies. has been pronounced the “finest shrub.” Its growth is very 
symmetrical and the bush seldom needs to be trimmed. The foli¬ 
age changes to a beautiful coppery red in the fall, remaining a 
mass of crimson and gold for weeks, and the bright coral-red 
berries are persistent on the bush all winter. This species is 
dwarf in habit and especially adapted for low, ornamental hedges. 
The purple-leaved barberry has rich purple foliage and scarlet 
fruit. It is a beautiful shrub and largely used for contrast with 
plants of light colored foliage. Some species bear dark purple 
fruit and are desirable for contrast and variety. 
The great profusion of fruit often weighs the slender, drooping 
branches of the barberries to the ground, and tends to make them 
extremely ornamental. They are equally desirable for growing 
in masses, in front of taller shrubbery, as single specimens on 
the lawn, or as an ornamental hedge 
able, and makes delicious i)reserves and jelly 
The climbing bittersweet, Celastriis scandens, one of our native 
vines, grows very commonly over the old rail fences and stone 
walls along 
our roadsides, 
but it is never 
fully appreci¬ 
ated until seen 
in the winter 
festooned 
among the 
branches of an 
evergreen tree. 
Its glossy foli¬ 
age makes it a 
present able 
vine at all 
times, but 
when the clus¬ 
tered berries, 
golden yellow 
The high-bush cranberry (Viburnum opulus) is 
another brilliant red-berried shrub that has the 
additional value of having edible fruit 
The peculiar creased berries of Euonymus Euro- 
paeus shade from dark purple to a bright scarlet 
and last long after the leaves have fallen 
in color, round and smooth at first, open and 
display the bright scarlet arils within, it truly 
becomes an object of beauty. The berries re¬ 
tain their form and bright color all through 
the winter, and swinging, swaying from the 
branches of the evergreen, the vine carries our 
hearts by storm and wins for itself a perma¬ 
nent place in our regard. It is not particular 
as to soil or location, flourishing anywhere 
and everywhere if given half a chance. It 
needs no training nor pruning; left alone it 
will show its own true grace. 
I have named only a few of the shrubs which 
would tend to make the outlook from our win¬ 
dows brighter during the late fall and winter 
months. More might be mentioned and 
among them some whose brightly colored bark 
