KELSEY’S HARDY AMERICAN PLANTSfgl, 
GroJvn in the Carolina fefountains at 3800 feet eletatwrj£^' 3 / 
Plant in contrast to 
DECIDUOUS SHRUBS, continued 
CORNUS paniculata. Panic led Cornel. 4 to S ft. June. Gray smooth branches. Showy white fruit, 
stolonifera. Red-Twigged Dogwood. 3 to 10 ft. Forms broad clumps, the twigs and yearly shoots of bril¬ 
liant red-purple color throughout the winter. Elegant for shrubberies. Stands moisture well. June. 
Flowers white or lead color. 
stolonifera aurea. \ ellow-Twigged Dogwood. A variety with bright yellow twigs, 
red-branched varieties. 
CORYLUS americana. Hazel Nut. 4 to 10 ft. A fine spreading shrub, v -• *4 
good for screen planting or shrubberies. Edible nuts which are very - V V^ Y • 
sweet aud agreeable. * "’> 
rostrata. Beaked Hazel Nut. 5 to 8 ft. Smaller than preceding, same 
uses. Leaves thin, doubly toothed. Drooping catkins in early spring. 
CRATAEGUS coccinea. Scarlet Thorn. 15 to 20 ft. A low tree with bright 
scarlet fruit and showy white flowers often tinged with pink. One of the 
best species, 
cordata. Washington Thorn. 
date at base, bright red fruit, 
crus-galli. Cock-Spur Thorn. 
13 to 45 ft. Smooth sharply cut leaves, cor- 
A favorite hedge species. 
12 to 30 ft. One of the host for hedges, the 
3- to 4-inch thorns being very formidable and the growth compact. Fruit 
dull red. All thorns stand severe pruning well, 
punctata. Large-Fruited Thorn. IS to 25 ft. All the native Thorns are 
elegnnt shrubs, mostly of large growth and highly useful as hedge plants. 
On the lawn they present symmetrical outlines, with pleasing foliage and 
showy flowers and fruit, the latter usually hanging on till late. Crataegus 
punctata has very large fruit, either clear red or bright yellow and quite edi¬ 
ble. Foliage effects in fall, yellow. 
DECODON verticillatus. Willow Herb. 
ning streams or on margins of ponds, 
in fall. 
An elegant shrub for edges of rnn- 
Leuvcs color line bronze and yellow 
to 4 ft. Of smallor growth 
Low western species, 
ft. This raro southern 
DIERVILLA diervilla. Bush Honeysuckle. 2 
than I), sessili folia, flowering in early June, 
rivularis. Western Bush Honeysuckle. 1 to 2 ft. 
sessilifolia. Southern Bush Honeysuckle. 2 to 4 ____ 
species forms thick clumps, with abundant sulphur-yellow flowers in cymes 
in late summer; showy. 
DIRCA palustris. Leatherwood. 2 to fi ft. Light yellow flowers appear in 
April before the leaves. Graceful shrub; tough bark, once used by the In¬ 
dians for thongs. 
EUONYMUS americanus. Strawberry Bush. 4 to 8 ft. Bright, green leaves 
and branches, and highly ornamental crimson fruit hanging till late. Fine 
winter shrub. 
GAYLUSSACIA resinosa. Black Huckleberry. 1 to 3 ft. Low, with clammy 
leaves and pink-tinged flowers. The Gaylussacius and their near relatives, the Vaceiniums, are among the 
lued of our native shrubs for the gorgeous coloring of their foliage in fall, the hues ranging 
all the shades of dark and vivid red. The fruit of most species is edible, and of great commercial 
Cletlira alnifolia (Seo page 10 ) 
most valued 
through 
value. 
ursina. Buckberry. 3 to G ft. Rare southern species; berries peculiarly acid, used for jams and preserves. 
HAMAMELIS virginica. Witch Hazel. 12 to 35 ft. A large and peculiar shrub, its yellow ribboned 
•lowers appearing the last thing 111 fall or early winter, just as the leaves are dropping. The foliage is dark 
green, changing to a full yellow in autumn. Most desirable shrub. 
HYDRANGEA arborescens. Smooth Hydrangea. 4 to 10 ft. 
useful for large shrub plantings in large grounds and parks, 
radiata. Silver Hydrangea. G to 8 ft. Handsome clumps, the large, serrate leaves dark green above and 
silvery white underneath. Kay flowers large hut few. In the fall the frost curls the leaves, when they pre¬ 
sent a striking silver effect. 
Corymbs of white flowers in June. Very 
ILEX decidua. Meadow Holly. G to JO ft. The bright red berries of this deciduous Holly are disposed 
along the stems like coral, making a wonderful winter effect when the surroundings are somber or white. 
verticillata. Virginia Winter Berry. * 
to 20 ft. A striking winter shrub, holding 
its scarlet fruit till early spring. 
ILICIODES ( Nemopanthca ) mucronata. 
Mountain Holly. 5 to 8 ft. Much like 
the deciduous Hollies, with ash-gray bark; 
berries light red. Very showy. Fine foi 
planting along streams. 
ITEA virginica. Itea. 4 to 10 ft. Beautifa 
thick shrub, bearing racemes of highly fra 
grant flowers in June. Foliage changes 
rich crimson. 
LEUCOTHOE rccurva. Mountain Leuco- 
thoe. 2 to 10 ft. Yearly shoots are bright 
red, and contrast very beautifully with the 
old growths. Dainty racemes of white or 
pink hell-slmpcd flowers on curving stems, 
LIGUSTRUM ibota. 3 to G ft. Not native• 
A good hedge or shrubbery plant. 
Clethra acuminata, rt rare and l»enutifnl Carolina species 
(See page 10) 
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