TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS FOR AMERICAN HOMES 
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Shrubs for Special Purposes 
Shrubs Especially Adapted 
for Hedges 
For Formal Hedges (Clipped to 
Shape) 
Barberry, Thunbergi 
Barberry, Red-leaved 
Japan Quince 
Privet (Amur River, California) 
For Informal Hedges (Unclipped 
—Natural Growth) 
Althea (Rose of Sharon) 
Barberry, Thunbergi 
Barberry, Red-leaved 
Deutzia Gracilis 
Honeysuckles, Bush 
Japan Quince 
Lilacs 
Privet (Regel) 
Spirea Van Houttei 
Note: Any medium growing, flow¬ 
ering shrub makes an attractive in¬ 
formal hedge. 
Shrubs for Dry Places 
Barberry, Thunbergi 
Coralberry (Indian Currant) 
Forsythia (the Golden Bells) 
Honeysuckle, Morrow’s 
Privet (Ligustrum) 
Snowberry 
Spirea Billiardi (Pink Spirea) 
Sumac, Cut Leaf 
Tamarix 
Shrubs for Wet Places 
Cornus (Dogwood) 
Elder, Golden 
Snowball 
Spirea Arguta 
Spirea Billiardi (Pink Spirea) 
Spirea Thunbergi 
Sweet Pepper Bush (Clethra) 
For Shady Banks 
Coralberry (Indian Currant) 
Honeysuckle, Fragrant Bush 
Honeysuckle, Morrow’s Bush 
Snowberry 
Sumac, Cut Leaf 
Tamarix 
Shrubs for Winter 
Effect 
Shrubs with Attractive Fruits 
Barberry, Thunbergi 
Coralberry (Indian Currant) 
High Bush Cranberry 
Honeysuckle, Fragrant Bush 
Honeysuckle, Morrow’s Bush 
Honeysuckle, Tartarian 
Kerria, White (Rhodotypos) 
Rugosa Rose 
Snowball, Japan (Viburnum) 
Snowberry 
Winged Burning Bush (Euonymus) 
Shrubs with Attractive Twigs or 
Bark 
Cornus Sanguinea (Red Osier Dog¬ 
wood) 
Elaeagnus 
Kerria Japonica (Globe Flower) 
Winged Burning Bush (Euonymus) 
For Brilliant Autumn 
Color 
Barberry, Red Leaf 
Barberry, Thunbergi 
Sumac, Cut Leaf 
Viburnums 
Winged Burning Bush (Euonymus) 
For Adverse City 
Conditions 
Aralia, Five-Leaved 
Barberry, Thunbergi 
Coralberry (Indian Currant) 
Honeysuckle, Morrow’s Bush 
Hydrangea Paniculata 
Lilacs, in variety 
Privet (Ligustrum) 
Snowberry 
Spirea, in variety 
Syringa (Mock Orange) 
Syringa, Golden (Philadelphus; 
Mock Orange) 
Weigela, Eva Rathke 
Weigela rosea 
With Fruits Which 
Attract Birds 
Barberry 
Coralberry (Indian Currant) 
Cornus, in variety 
Elder 
High Bush Cranberry 
Honeysuckles (Lonicera) 
Snowberry 
Sumac, Cut Leaf 
Viburnums 
Plants for Ground Cover 
Often it is desired to cover a piece of ground with 
something other than grass. Below is a list of excellent 
“ground covers.” 
Virginia Creeper 
Boston Ivy 
Bittersweet 
Hall’s Honeysuckle Vine 
Matrimony Vine (for preventing 
banks and slopes from washing) 
Vinca minor (Periwinkle) 
Where it is desired to cover a large bank or slope with 
something larger than the preceding types, the following 
varieties may be used to advantage: 
Coralberry (Indian Currant) 
Barberry, Thunbergi 
Forsythia Suspensa 
Privet, Regel’s 
Snowberry 
