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Ornamental Shrubs—Continued 
Crepe Myrtle (Largerstroemia indica). This 
the South’s most beautiful and useful shrub, reach¬ 
ing an ultimate height of 12 to 14 feet. Beautiful 
fringed and ruffled flowers all during the summer 
and end of fall. Watermelon red, bright pink, 
purple and white. 
Desmodium (Lespedeza formosa) (Purple Bush- 
clover). Root only survives the winter in the 
north and should be cut down each spring. It 
will throw up a strong, bushy, growth three or four 
feet high and be covered with reddish-purple flow¬ 
ers in September and October; very showy as a 
single lawn specimen. 
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Lemoine (D Lemoinei). The flowers are pure 
white; shrub dwarf and free flowering; excellent 
for forcing. 
Pride of Rochester. Produces large white flow¬ 
ers, tinged with rose; vigorous growers, profuse 
bloomer and one of the earliest to bloom. 
Gracilis (Slender Branched Deutzia). Of dwarf 
habit; flowers pure white; one of the first to bloom; 
fine for pot culture and winter blooming. 
Barberry Thunbergi 
Pink Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida rubra). 
Similar to white flowering except for color. 
Euonymus—Burning Bush: Wahoo (Atropur- 
pureus). 6 to 10 feet. Tall growing native 
shrub with leaves larger than the European, that 
turn scarlet in Autumn. Its most attractive fea¬ 
ture is the abundance of bright red berries that 
are carried well into the winter. 
DOGWOOD—CORNUS 
Red Twig Dogwood (Cornus alba Sibirica). 
This is a useful shrub for winter color, having 
bright blood-red bark. It is fine for mass planting, 
having good foliage which turns brilliant colors in 
the fall. The flowers are not showy, but their flat 
white clusters are noticeable. The blue-white ber¬ 
ries which follow are attractive to birds. This 
shrub achieves about 8 feet in height. 
Golden Twig Dogwood (Cornus lutea). A very 
pleasing shrub similar in manner of growth to the 
Red Twig Dogwood but especially valuable for its 
bright yellow bark which makes a pleasing contrast 
with the Red Twigged variety or other shrubs in 
winter. Grows to about 6 feet in height. 
White Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida). 
Blooms in May. This is really a small tree and 
should be classed with shade trees. As a back¬ 
ground for shrubs this and pink flowering are 
largely used. We hardly know of a plant that is 
quite as attractive in all reasons of the year. At¬ 
tains height of from 15 to 20 feet. 
Golden Elder. (Sambucus Canadensis aurea). 
Vigorous growing, robust shrub with golden- 
yellow leaves and white flowers. Should be used 
in the heavy shrub border. June. 
Golden Bell (Forsythia Fortunei).—Familiar 
hardy shrubs that burst into bloom as winter is 
leaving. The bright golden yellow, star-like flow¬ 
ers wrap themselves along the naked branches 
in a wealth of bloom that is especially bright and 
cheerful at such an early season. The “Golden 
Bell’’ grows easily, and is ornamental in leaf 
as well as flower. It is useful for almost any 
purpose, but indispensable in groups and masses. 
Golden Bell (Forsythia Viridissima) often 
called Green-stemmed Golden Bell. One of the 
most popular of all the Golden Bells. The plant 
makes a beautiful sight early in spring. The 
yellow flower blooms in April before the leaves 
appear. 
Drooping Golden Bell (Forsythia suspensa). 
This species has very pendulous branches which 
result in a semi-prostrate shrub well adapted for 
facing down taller shrubs, or covering banks. It 
is sometimes used as a vine, trained over porch 
trellises or arbors. Has yellow flowers before the 
leaves appear. Grows in shade. 
Bush Hydrangea (Paniculata grandiflora). 5 
to 6 feet. This is one of the most valuable hardy 
shrubs. It is perfectly hardy in all parts of the 
country. The flowers are white, borne in im¬ 
mense panicles nearly a foot in length. It com¬ 
mences flowering in July and continues until 
November. The plant should be cut back every 
spring at least one-half of last season’s growth, 
as the flowers are borne on new wood and are 
much finer when the plant is treated this way. 
An excellent shrub for cemetery planting. 
Hydrangea, Hills of Snow (Aborescens). 4 to 
6 feet. This hardy American shrub is the very 
finest addition to this class of plants found in 
many a year. The blooms are of the very largest 
size, of pure snow-white color, and the foliage is 
finely finished. One of its most valuable charac¬ 
teristics is its coming into bloom just after the 
passing of all the early spring shrubs, while its 
long season of bloom, from early June through 
August, renders it doubly valuable. Hardy. 
Tree Hydrangea (Paniculata grandiflora). 6 to 
8 feet. In tree form. Beautiful as a shrub, they 
are grandly beautiful as a tree, growing in love¬ 
liness as they acquire age and size. 
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