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Spireas, cont. from preceding page. 
Thunbergii. Tiny, feathery leaves, 
masses of white flowers. 
Vanhouttei, BRIDAL WREATH. Popular 
white-flowering moderate-sized, 
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SPIREA, BLUE: Caryopteris 
SPRUCE: Picea 
Stranvaesia Davidiana. Broadleaved 
evergreen larger-growing shrub. 
Leaves come out red, then turn 
dark green. White flowers, bright 
orange-red berries in the fall. 
STRAWBERRY TREE: Arbutus 
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, CORAL- 
BERRY. Deciduous moderate-sizeda 
hardy shrub with white flowers and 
bright purplish-red berries. 
Beautiful example of stonework in 
this pedestrian bridge. 
LILACS 
Syringa, LILAC. Hardy deciduous 
shrubs valued for their conspicuoug 
and fragrant flowers. Of easy 
culture. 
pekinensis, YELLOW LILAC. Unusual 
and little-known form with 
creamy-yellow flowers. 
persica alba, WHITE PERSIAN LILAC, 
Different from the other Lilacs, 
has thin and arching branches, 
small privet-like leaves, loose 
clusters of white flowers. 
villosa. Unusual specie with large 
viburnum-like textured leaves 
and fragrant pink flowers. A 
bold accent plant. Not common. 
vulgaris, COMMON LILAC. The fragr- 
ant lavender Lilac of the old 
gardens, belongs wherever there 
1s a need for a larger shrub 
requiring little care. 
LILACS, cont. 
vulgaris, GRAFTED FRENCH HYBRIDS. 
Much improved forms for those 
who want the best. #ach of the 
varieties here listed carry 
highest recommendations from the 
1941 report on "Lilacs for Am- 
erica," edited by John C. Wister, 
EDITH CAVELL; double white. 
HENRI MARTIN: double lilac 
KATHERINE HAVEMEY&R: dbl pink, 
LUDWIG SPAETH: single deep 
purple. 
PAUL THIRION: reddish purple, 
double e 
PRESIDENT GREVY: double blue. 
Tamarix africana, TAMARISK. Deciduous 
shrub of moderate size. Pink fils, 
in early spring before the leaves. 
Leaves light green, feathery. Most 
effective when trained up on one 
stem into a small espalier tree. 
Taxodium distichum, BALD CYPRESS, 
Deciduous coniferous tree with 
yew-like light green needles. 
YEWS 
Taxus, YEW, Coniferous evergreen with 
broad needles. One of the only 
conifers able to tolerate Shade. 
Choice landscape subjects. 
baccata, ENGLISH YEW. Bushy upright 
Dark green foliage. 3 
b. adpressa, Upright with very 
short dark green needles. 
b. stricta, IRISH YEW. Slow-growing 
narrow upright, dark green. 
Bb. gs. aurea, GOLDEN IRISH YEW. 
Golden form of the above. 
b. var. STRANDER'S SILVER YEW, 
Silvery-green foliage and irreg- 
ular upright growth. an interest- 
ing variation developed at our 
nurseries, 
cuspidata, SPREADING JAPANESE YEW, 
ey green foliage, semi-prostrat 
abit. 
Teucrium Chamaedrys, GERMANDER, Dwf. 
shrub with dark green leaves and 
heather-like spires of bright rose 
flowers during midsummer, 
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