. Lawns and gardens. How to plant and beautify the home lot, the pleasure ground and garden . und is notsuitable. Viburnum.—The plants belonging to this genus areknown under widely different popular names. They areall more or less ornamental, sometimes very showy, shrubs,producing a wealth of flowers in late spring or earlysummer. Snow-Ball Tree or Guelder Rose, V. Opulm sterilis.—A well known large shrub with stout, upright branches andthree-lobed leaves. Flowers are white and produced in denseballs in summer. The Japanese snow-ball tree ( )is somewhat smaller in all parts and more
. Lawns and gardens. How to plant and beautify the home lot, the pleasure ground and garden . und is notsuitable. Viburnum.—The plants belonging to this genus areknown under widely different popular names. They areall more or less ornamental, sometimes very showy, shrubs,producing a wealth of flowers in late spring or earlysummer. Snow-Ball Tree or Guelder Rose, V. Opulm sterilis.—A well known large shrub with stout, upright branches andthree-lobed leaves. Flowers are white and produced in denseballs in summer. The Japanese snow-ball tree ( )is somewhat smaller in all parts and more compact with fineovate, plicate leaves and white flowers iu globose cymes inMay or June. Both are very ornamental for small groupsand shrubberies. The wild form of the guelder rose ( ) is also a very desirable plant, growing on riverbanks and iu moist woods. Many of the American vibur-nums are very ornamental plants, covered with pure white, 238 Ornamental Sbrubs. cymose flowers in spring or early summer. V. priuufollumis one of the best of these; a large shrub with recurving,. spreading branches, plum-like leaves and numerous clustersof flowers in spring. V. molle flowers at midsummer, has ©rnamental Sbrubs. 239 large cordate leaves and very attractive flowers. nsis a low, spreading shrub with very showy flowers andovate-oblong, downy leaves. The wayfaring-tree ( V. Lan-tand) is a very attractive shrub with large handsome is commonly used in shrubberies. The sheepberry( V. Li. av/rea) is a very ornamentalfoliage-plant with yellow leaves. Very robust and ofrapid growth, fine f
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