ARISTOCRATS AMONG THE FLOWERING SHRUBS 
Hydrangea A. G. 
Cotoneaster 
C. ACUTIFOLIA (Peking Cotoneaster)— 
Shrub to 12 feet, with spreading, slender 
branches. Flowers May and June. Fruits 
black, September-October. 
C. DIVARICATA (Spreading Cotoneaster)— 
Flowers bright red. Foliage dark crimson in 
Autumn. FHeight six feet. Very striking red 
berries until early Winter. 
C. HORIZONTALIS (Rock Cotoneaster)—A 
low shrub with almost horizontal branches. 
Leaves dark green, turning to dark crimson 
in Fall. Pinkish white flowers. Attractive in 
rockeries. Blooms in June. Bright red fruits 
in September-October. 
Hamamelis—Witch Ha zel 
H. VIRGINIANA (Common Witch-Hazel) —Fri nge-like yellow flowers open late in Fall. Grows 
10 to 15 feet tall, with fine leaves that color to yellow, orange or purple in Fall. Likes a moist, 
sandy or peaty soil and partial shade. 
Hibiscus—Shrub Althea 
The Altheas are fine, free-growing shrubs of easy cultivation, desirable on account of flower¬ 
ing in August and September when nearly all other trees and shrubs are out of bloom. 
H. SYRIACUS (Tree Form) —Ardens (Double Violet), Boule de Feu (Double Purplish Red), 
Jeanne d’Arc (Double Pure White), Collestris (Sky Blue), Totus Albus (Single White). 
Viburnum Americanum 
Hydrangea 
H. ARBORESCENS GRANDIFLORA (Snow- 
hill Hydrangea) —This superb FHydrangea is 
of easy culture, and is an exceedingly prolific 
bloomer. Color is pure white, which is re¬ 
tained usually from four to five weeks. The 
flower clusters remain intact long after the 
leaves have fallen and frequently throughout 
the following Winter. Blooms first season. 
Should be cut back severely in Spring. 
H. PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA (Pan- 
icled Hydrangea) —Familiar to almost every¬ 
one as the most conspicuous shrub in any 
collection during August and September. Its 
massive plumes of white flowers bend the 
branches with their weight, changing finally 
to pink and bronzy green. The shrub shows to 
best advantage when grown in rich beds or 
masses and cut back severely every Spring be¬ 
fore growth starts. Grown in this way, it pro¬ 
duces fewer flower-heads but much finer ones. 
Needs close pruning and good fertilization in 
order to produce choice flowers. 
Desmodium 
D. RUBRUM (Lespedeza Bicolor) —The Desmodium is mostly listed as a perennial, as it dies 
down in Winter, but is perfectly hardy. It is valuable for planting in front of shrubbery 
and its long drooping racemes of purplish rose flowers are distinctly ornamental. 
Deutzia 
D. GRACILIS (Slender Deutzia) —A neat, dense little bush, rarely over two feet high, 
blooms in May, wreathing its drooping branches with pure white flowers. 
D. LEMOINE (Lemoine Deutzia) —Rarely growing over three feet high, with spreading 
branches,- it has bright green leaves two to three inches long and white flowers grown 
in large clusters in early Summer. 
D. PRIDE OF ROCHESTER (Pride of Rochester Deutzia)— A showy, early and large 
flowering sort, that blooms in May before the others. Grows six to eight feet tall. White 
flowers, tinted with pink. 
Euonymus 
E. ALATUS (Winged Euonymus) —Of d warf, compact habit,- wood very corky; leaves 
small; fruit red. Very beautiful in Autumn when foliage turns bright red. 
E. AMERICANUS (Brook Euonymus) —A semi-dwarf shrub with larger leaves than the 
European, turning to scarlet in Autumn; fruit large,- dark red. 
E. EUROPAEUS (European Burning Bush) —Forms a tree sometimes 30 feet in height. 
Fruit pods are white and burst open into a deep rose. 
Eleagnus 
E. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Russian Olive) —Silvery green foliage, yellow flowers and fruit 
make this tall shrub desirable for borders. 
Forsythia—Golden Bell 
F. INTERMEDIA (Border Golden Bell) —Slender, arching branches and dark green, 
lustrous leaves. Blooms very early; one of the very first. 
F. SUSPENSA (Weeping Golden Bell) —This variety has long drooping branches. Golden 
flowers. 
F. SUSPENSA FORTUNEI (Fortune Golden Bell)— Erect, vigorous grower and prolific 
bloomer. Flowers golden and continue a long time. It is a conspicuous object in shrubbery. 
F. SUSPENSA SPECTABILIS (Showy Golden Bell) —Most prolific bloomer of all For- 
sythias, vigorous grower, symmetrical plant, compact and erect and dense. Earliest of all. 
Tamarix Hispida 
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