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Ribcs sanguineum 
Red-Flowering Currant 
PUNICA: Pomegranate—Continued 
Double White. Flowers medium-sized, creamy 
white or light yellow. 
Mad. Legrelle. Handsome variegated form. 
Flowers full and double, light red, conspicuously 
edged with white. 
P. granatum nana. DWARF POMEGRANATE. 
Very low, compact, free-flowering form. Flowers 
red, semi-double. F'ine for low hedges. 
RHUS: Fringe; Sumach 
Includes plants of very dissimilar appearance 
and habit. The Purple Fringe has rather small, 
entire, rounded leaves; the Sumach, long, pinnate 
leaves with numerous good-sized leaflets. 
R. cotinus. PURPLE FRINGE; SMOKE TREE. 
Asia. 15 ft. Well-known large shrub with rounded 
leaves. Flowers borne in peculiar, pale purple, 
plumy masses. Entirely unique. 
R. cotinus atropurpurea. DARK PURPLE 
FRINGE. A variety of preceding, distinguished by 
much darker and more compact flower clusters. 
Foliage colors brilliant red in autumn. 
R. glabra laciniata. CUT-LEAVED SUMACH. 
12 ft. Shrub or little tree of slow growth. Leaves 
pinnate, over a foot long, with leaflets finelv cut: 
fern-like in appearance. Autumn tints very gor¬ 
geous. 
RIBES: Currant 
Shrubs blooming in early spring. The different 
kinds arc very distinct in color and growth. All 
bloom profusely and arc highly attractive. 
R. aureuni. YELLOW-FLOWERING CURRANT. 
Foliage shiny. Flowers, yellow, tipped with red, 
are borne in small clusters all along branches; have 
a phasing, spicy fragrance. 
R. gordonianum. Hybrid between preceding and 
following. Growth loose and spreading. Flowers 
crimson, marked with yellow. 
P. sanguineum. RED-FLOWERING CURRANT. 
California. H a n d s o m e shrub with flve-lobed, 
rounded leaves and ruddy branches. Flowers, borne 
in drooping racemes, are a beautiful shade of rosy 
rt d or very deep pink. Berries large, glaucous blue. 
Both foliage and flowers are very handsome. 
SAMBUCUS: Elder 
Large shrubs of erect, extremely rapid growth, 
with large, pinnate leaves. Flowers white, small, 
in large cymes. Extremely hardy. 
S. canadensis aurea. GOLDEN ELDER. Foliage 
deep golden yellow throughout the season. 
S. canadensis laciniata. CUT-LEAVED ELDER. 
Foliage dark green and deeply cut. 
S. canadensis variegata. VARIEGATED ELDER. 
Foliage strongly marked with creamy white. 
SPIRAEA: Spirea 
Small or medium-sized shrubs of very free 
blooming habit, varying in appearance, color of 
flowers and manner of blooming. All, however, 
have very small flowers, but assembled into usu¬ 
ally compact clusters of different forms. 
S. bumalda "Anthony Waterer.” Dwarf but erect 
form, growing about three feet high. Flowers 
bright crimson, in flattened heads at end of 
branches. Blooms about midsummer. 
S. californica. Growth erect, about six feet high. 
Flowers reddish pink, in elongated, dense, terminal 
panicles. Blooms during summer months. 
S. cantoniensis (S. reevesi; S. lanceolata). China; 
•Japan. S ft. Medium-sized shrub with long, nar¬ 
row leaves. Flowers pure white and large for the 
genus, borne most profusely in dense heads. Prac¬ 
tically evergreen, as it holds most of its Daves 
over winter. 
S. cantoniensis flore pleno. Variety of preceding 
with very double flowers. 
S. prunifolia flore pleno. BRIDAL WREATH. 
China. S ft. Small shrub with long, very slender 
branches. Flowers very double and pure white, 
borne along the branches before leaves appear. 
This is the genuine "Bridal Wreath," a name often 
incorrectly applied to other species of Spirea. 
S. thunbergi. China; Japan. 5 ft. Moderate 
size. Branches slender and arching. Flowers 
white, single and borne in small, loose clusters 
along the branches. Blooms very early. 
S. van houttei. Garden hybrid. Moderate size. 
Branches arching and drooping with the weight of 
the flowers, which are borne so freely in spring as 
to cover plant completely with a mass of snowy 
bloom. Very beautiful and extremely hardy. 
Prunus triloba. Double-Flowering Plum 
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