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Veitch’s Silver Firs ; Douglas Fir ; Retinospora obtusa, and its dwarf and drooping varieties, R. pisifera, R. plumosa 
aurea, and R. filifera pendula ; Cuspidata, Upright, and Golden Yews ; Japanese, Drooping oblong-leaved, Douglas, 
Golden, and Waukegan Trailing Junipers ; Japanese Podocarpus, Cephalotaxus drupacea ; Rhododendrons, and 
Azalea amsena. 
Fine flowering shrubs open the year (from December till March, according to weather), in winter with the yellow 
Jessamine (J. nudiflorum), and pass towards spring with Japanese Witch Hazel, Mezereon, Fragrant Hush Honeysuckle, 
Forsythias, Corylopsis, and Japan Quinces. May enters with many Spirmas, Hall's Yulan, and other Magnolias, and 
towards the end of the month, Lilacs, Deutzias, Snowballs, Azaleas, Broom, and Hawthorns appear in their loveliest 
profusion. June comes in with these, and includes Rhododendrons, Japanese Styrax, Mock Orange, Japan Lilac, Ben- 
thamias, and Privet. July is ushered in with Stuartias, Kolreuteria, Golden Hypericum, Yucca, Dwarf Horse-Chestnut, 
Catalpa, and Trumpet Vine. With August, in come Chinese Tamarix, A 1 tineas, Clethra, Panicled Hydrangeas, and 
Sorrel Tree. In September we have the Chaste Shrub, Desmodium penduliflorum, and the Mandschurian Aralias ; and 
in October the evergreen Osmanthus salicifolius. 
The most esteemed among berry-bearing shrubs is Elseagnus longipes. It is a handsome, shapely, silvery-leaved 
shrub, perfectly hardy and easy to grow ; it blooms in May and ripens a heavy crop of highly ornamental fruit in July, and 
this fruit is not only edible but is made into a most delicious sauce. And insect vermin never attack the shrub or its 
fruit. Berberis Thunbergii, Euonymus latifolius, Ilex verticellata, Rosa rugosa, Viburnum dilatatum, and Callicarpa 
purpurea are also especially appreciated for their crops of showy fruit. 
Much use is made of Hardy Perennials, and they are grown for garden decoration as well as for cut flowers, and the 
more prominent kinds are in masses by themselves. There are belts of snowy Arabis and Moss Pink in April and May, 
shrubby and herbaceous Preonias of every shade of white, pink, and crimson, brilliant Oriental Poppies, German Irises 
of most every hue, golden Coreopsis, Bell-flowers, and many others in May and June. The magnificent Delphiniums 
are largely grown, and hundreds of plants of Japanese Irises in one group afford a gorgeous display about the fourth 
of July. Many kinds of Lilies, Yucca, Everlasting Pea, and Decussata Phlox are in their prime in July ; other Lilies, 
herbaceous Clematises, Autumn Phloxes, and White Day Lily, brighten up the month of August, and Pyrethrum 
uliginosum, the indispensable Japanese Anemones, perennial Asters, and Mist Flower help the display in September 
and into October. 
_ WM. FALCONER. 
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