Sambucus - Elder 
AMERICAN ELDER (Sambucus canadensis). Tall, fast 
growing shrub with pithy jointed branches and large 
light green, compound leaves. 
CUT-LEAVED AMERICAN ELDER (S. canadensis lacin- 
iata). Fine shrub for massing. Flowers creamy; fruit 
black. Foliage deeply cut-leaved. 
Spiraea - Spirea 
ANTHONY WATERER SPIREA (Spiraea, Anthony 
Waterer). A low growing, compact shrub with upright 
branches. Abundant rosy crimson flowers are borne 
in dense, flat-topped clusters throughout the summer 
and well into the autumn. 
GARLAND SPIREA (S. arguta). A showy and free grow- 
ing shrub of medium height and fine, light green foli- 
age. Garlands of pure white flowers bloom in early 
spring. 
FROEBEL’S SPIREA (S. froebeli). A low growing shrub 
with upright branches. Flowers ranging in shades from 
light to deep pink are borne all summer in flat, dense 
clusters. The dark green leaves turn bronze in the fall. 
PINK MEADOW SPIREA (S. latifolia). One of the loveliest 
of midsummer blooming Spireas, flowering in large 
feathery clusters of attractive pink. 
THUNBERG SPIREA (S. thunbergi). A medium height 
shrub of slender, upright habit and feathery light green 
SNOWBERRY ni aie of small white flowers bloom in April 
VAN HOUTTE SPIREA or BRIDALWREATH (S. van 
houttei), Medium to tall shrub, with many long spread- 
ing branches clothed with handsome dark green foli- 
age. In June the entire shrub is covered with dense 
clusters of exquisite white flowers, larger than those 
of the other varieties. 





















Symphoricarpos - Snowberry 
CHENAULT’S SNOWBERRY (Symphoricarpos chenaulti). 
A rapidly growing and spreading shrub of medium 
height. Slender, arching, tan colored branches bear 
fresh green foliage, and the profuse pink flowers pro- 
duce whitish berries. 
SNOWBERRY (S. racemosus). A rapidly growing shrub 
of medium height, with slender, upright branches and 
fine twigging. Small, white flowers produce waxy 
white berries which last through the winter. 
CORALBERRY or INDIAN CURRANT (S. vulgaris). A 
native, low growing, dense shrub producing an abun- 
dance of red berries. 

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