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ACACIA (Rose or Moss Locust, Pink Flower¬ 
ing Locust) —Very low and shrubby, with 
beautiful, clear pink flowers in loose racemes. 
All parts of the plant, except the flowers, are 
bristly or hairy; covered with a fine mossy 
substance like the moss-rose. 
ACER GINN ALA (Japanese Maple) —A small 
spreading tree seldom reaching over 15 feet 
high. Absolutely hardy. The twigs, leaves, 
stems and new leaves are all highly colored, 
giving the tree a brilliant appearance dur¬ 
ing the spring and early summer months. 
During late summer it is literally covered 
with the seed wings which are a bright pink. 
Its autumn coloring of foliage is brilliant be¬ 
yond description. 
ARALLY SPINOSA (Devil’s Walking Stick, or 
Hercules’ Club)- —In the southern states be¬ 
comes a tree 40 feet high. With us it usually 
kills to the ground each season and seldom 
makes over 5 feet growth. Its leaves are 
very large, often 2 feet long, and very much 
branched. It is valuable in ornamental 
planting for its tropical effect and for the 
peculiar appearance of its very thorny 
stumpy growth. 
BUTTERFLY BUSH (Buddleia) — Vigorous, 
erect at first, becoming spreading. Long- 
spikes of mauve colored flowers with bright 
orange eye. 
CORNUS AMOMUM (Silky Dogwood) —Tall 
grower, branches purplish. Leaves pale 
green beneath, usually with brown silky 
hairs on the veins. 
CORNUS ELEGANTISSIMA (Variegated Dog¬ 
wood) —8 to 10 feet. One of the most de¬ 
sirable shrubs with variegated foliage. The 
leaves are broadly margined with white and 
some are almost entirely white. The bark 
is bright red in winter. A round topped 
shapely bush. Thickly covered with foliage 
adapted to shady places. 
CORNUS PANICULATA (Gray Dogwood) — 
This bush is formed of gray branches, mak¬ 
ing it distinct as to coloring of stems. The 
flowers are small and white and borne very 
profusely in great panicles early in spring. 
It grows quite compact and is covered with 
white' berries in fall, which persist for a 
long time, making the winter effect very 
pleasing. 
CORNUS SANGUINEA (Bloodtwig) (Red 
Branched) —The leaves are elegantly marked 
with white, contrasting finely with the deep 
blood-red bark; hardy. 
CORNUS SIBIRICA (Tartarian Dogwood) — 
Free-growing, 6 to 10 feet tall, and very 
hardy; forms a small, handsome tree in some 
situations. Its clusters of small, white 
flowers in early summer are very dainty, and 
its bark is a showy, dark red in spring. All 
the Siberian Dogwoods bear in early fall a 
profusion of whitish blue berries, making 
them distinctly ornamental after the flowers 
have gone. 
CORNUS STOLONIFERA (Red Osier, or Ivin- 
nikinick) — A medium-sized, spreading 
shrub, with dark red bark and white flowers, 
followed by white berries. 
BECHTEL’S DOUBLE FLOWERING CRAB 
(T ree Rose) —At a distance the pretty me¬ 
dium-sized tree seems to be covered with 
dainty little roses of a delicate pink color. 
Blooms when quite young. Is very fragrant. 
This is a variety of our native wild crab. 
CRAB, SCHEIDECKERI (Double Flowering) 
Similar in habit and foliage to the type, but 
has fine double flowers of a light rose-color 
which last for a long time. 
DEUTZIA (Pride of Rochester) —A showy, 
early and large-flowering sort that blooms 
in May before the others. The flowers are 
large, double, white, tinted with rose on the 
outer edge. 
DOUBLE-FLOWERING PLUM (Primus Tri¬ 
loba) —A native of China. The flowers re¬ 
semble our Flowering Almond, but are much 
larg-er. The clustering of the flowers is also 
similar, but the tree grows much larger and 
is hardy. The individual flowers are as large 
as a half-dollar. 
ELDER, GOLDEN —5 to 8 feet. Bright, golden 
yellow leaves, the color being distinct and 
permanent all summer. Of vigorous spread¬ 
ing habit. One of the best golden foliaged 
shrubs. 
EUONYMOUS ALATUS (Winged Burning 
Bush) —Upright, corky winged branches. 
Red and crimson leaves in fall. Excellent 
for specimen or mass planting. Height 8 to 
10 feet when mature. 
EUONYMUS-AMERICANA (Strawberry Bush) 
One of our native shrubs; it seldom grows 
over 8 feet high; symmetrical; leaves ob¬ 
long, dark green and glossy; fruit similar to 
bittersweet. 
EUONYMOUS RADICANS (Winter Creeper) — 
A low, creeping shrub with trailing and root 
climbing branches. Height 2 to 3 feet. 
FLOWERING ALMOND —White, a low shrub 
with leaves similar in shape to our wild plum, 
but a little more pointed; flowers very double. 
Flowers in May. 
FLOWERING ALMOND —Pink. A charming, 
low growing shrub which in its season is 
covered with double pink flowers. One of the 
popular shrubs of our grandmother’s day. 
FORSYTHLY INTERMEDIA (Upright Golden 
Bell) —Our first shrub to bloom in the spring. 
Its golden yellow, bell-shaped flowers along 
the entire stem appear before the leaves, 
oftentimes blooming as we are getting our 
last snow flurries. With its mass of golden 
bloom vying with the Crocus in heralding 
the arrival of spring it is a striking contrast 
to its somber surroundings. The hardiest of 
the Forsythias. 
