SHRUBS 
Any true lover of nature will find a world of joy and happiness watching the striking 
and fascinating changes in flowering shrubs through the seasons. They are a delight 
from the first mild spring days when the buds begin to swell until late in autumn when the 
leaves are resplendent in their festive colors and brilliant berries. Shrubs are unlimited 
in their scope—from the tall stately Honeysuc kle or Lilac to the small dainty Kerria. The 
variety of color in foliage as well as in flower is inexhaustible. We are only able here to 
acquaint the reader with a very small portion of this wealth of beauty. Generous planting 
of shrubs around the home will repay, in beauty and pleasure many times over, the small 
investment required. 
ACANTHOPANAX — ARALIA 
Acanthopanax pentaphyllum 
ARALIA 
A clean and cheerful shrub of graceful, arching habit with 
bright green leaves of tropical appearance and small greenish 
flowers. It reaches eight feet in height and grows well in various 
soils, even prospering in poor locations. 
AMORPHA — INDIGOBUSH 
Amorpha fruiticosa 
INDIGOBUSH 
The graceful curves of its upright branches are covered with 
fine feathery leaves and in May and June support spikes of rich 
violet-blue flowers. The shrub is of rapid growth, often needing 
clipping to keep it within bounds and reaching between eight 
and ten feet in height. Its delicacy suggests that it be used along 
garden paths or places where it can be closely inspected. It is a 
fine plant for the shrub border. 
AMELANCHIER — SHADBLOW 
Amelanchier canadensis 
DOWNY SHADBLOW 
Sometimes a bushy tree, thirty feet high, having a breath¬ 
taking display of beautiful white delicate flowers early in the 
spring before most other shrubs bloom. After the blossoms the 
young leaves appear. They are covered with a dense growth 
of short woolly hairs, giving them a silvery cast. Delicious red 
berries are born in profusion during June. The leaves in fall con¬ 
spicuously add their color to the season. Shadblow is not particu¬ 
lar as to soils but seems to benefit from a moist one. It is tolerant 
of shade. 
ARONIA — CHOKEBERRY 
The attractive foliage of these shrubs turns to beau¬ 
tiful shades of yellow and red in the fall. The Aronias 
serve as useful plants because of their flower, fruit 
and foliage. They will grow in ordinary soil but 
prefer a moist location. 
Aronia arbutifolia 
RED CHOKEBERRY 
A shrub growing eight feet high whose gracefully arching 
branches bear a profusion of bright red berries which remain 
colorful most of the winter. Its autumn coloring is brilliant red. 
Good for naturalistic effects. 
Aronia brilliantissima 
BRILLIANT CHOKEBERRY 
This shrub has the same growing habits as the red choke- 
berry but has more brilliantly colored red fruit. 
Aronia melanocarpa 
BLACK CHOKEBERRY 
The flowers and foliage of this shrub are more attractive 
than those of the Red Chokeberry. It is somewhat smaller in 
growth. The berries are glittering black. Grows to six feet high. 
BENZOIN — SPICEBUSH 
Benzoin aestivale 
SPICEBUSH; FEVERBUSH; WILD ALLSPICE 
A shrub growing to fifteen feet high covered with flowers 
without petals in early spring. Later the bush is again conspicu¬ 
ous with its brilliantly colored leaves and scarlet fruits. 
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