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VIBURNUM .- Snowball 
Unsurpassed Fall Color—Sturdy, Dependable and Beautiful 
This is a showy group of shrubs that grow 
from 6 to 10 feet high. They have lavish flat- 
topped white flowers in June, followed by col- 
orful berries in the late summer and fall: these 
usually remain through the winter. In the fall 
the foliage takes on all the autumnal hues of 
our native landscape. Ideal for mass planting. 
Do well in shade and are particularly hardy. 
Prefer a loam or clay soil. 
AMERICAN HIGH BUSH CRANBERRY (American- 
um). Large bunches of shiny scarlet berries in the fall 
and winter are a distinguishing feature of this orna- 
mental plant. The foliage changes to a beautiful red 
in the fall. In June the bright green foliage sets off 
so well the flat white flowers. A fine tall shrub for 
landscape use, of open habit, growing 7 to 10 feet high, 
CARLESI (Fragrant Viburnum). A fine 
new shrub with clusters of clove-scented 
flowers in May; rose-pink in bud, open- 
ing up into a more delicate pink and 
paling to white. Its sweetness makes it 
a delight in any garden. Makes a broad 
round shrub of 3 to 4 feet in height. 
Not hardy in Northern Wisconsin. 
DENTATUM (Arrowwood). Flat white 
flowers in June, followed by blue-black 
berries in the fall. Foliage colors bril- 
liantly in autmun. A bushy upright shrub 
of 8 to 10 feet. (See picture below.) 
LANTANA (Wayfaring Tree). Handsome 
dark green wrinkled leaves contrasting 
with white flowers. Berries red in Au- 
gust, turning blue-black in fall. Retains 
its foliage late, with excellent fall color. 
Grows 8 to 10 feet. Does well in shade 
and reasonably well in dry and poor soils. 
LENTAGO — (Nannyberry; 
Glossy green leaves with gorgeous fall 
coloring. Fragrant white flowers. Black 
berries for the winter. 9 to 12 feet. 
MOLLE. Similar in foliage, flower and 
fruit to Dentatum but does not grow so 
large. 6° to 8 feet. 
PUBESCENS (Downy Viburnum). A dwarf 
variety, similar in flower and fruit to 
Dentatum, but only grows 4 to 6 feet 
high. Bushy, with slender upright 
branches, and smaller leaves. 
SNOWBALL (Common). The old-fash- 
ioned variety. Its large balls of white 
flowers are usually out for Decoration 
Day. 6 to 8 feet. 
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SNOWBERRY - Symphoricarpos 
Their Berries are a Delightful Part of the Fall Landscape 
SNOWBERRY (Racemosus). Tiny rose-colored flowers in 
June and July, followed by large, clustered, milk-white 
fruits which are most attractive, remaining far into winter. 
The bush itself is compact in form, semi-dwarf in habit, 
and grows well in shade or sunlight. 3 to 4 feet. 
RED SNOWBERRY, Coralberry, Indian Currant (Vulgaris). 
Quite like the White Snowberry except that its fruits are 
red, and cluster in thick ropes along the weighted-down 
stems. The foliage is distinct in its fineness, and with the 
White Snowberry, is appropriate for border planting. 
Dwarf in form, growing from 3 to 4 feet high. 
CHENAULT’S RED SNOWBERRY. An improved form of 
Red Snowberry (Coralberry). A beautiful shrub that grows 
about 3 feet high. It is covered with lacy foliage and 
beautiful pinkish red ropes of berries that stay on from 
summer until late fall. 

