Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| dark purple; President Grevy, double,
| blue; Nine Lemoine, double, white
Marechal de BaSsompierre, double,
| carmine-rose.
! 1t is interesting to note that the
technical name for lilac is Syringa, a
name which the average home gardener
applies without thinking to the mock
oranges, especially the Philadelphus
| Virginia., or Fragrant Syringa.
LilacS grow into strong. stout bushes,
and make excellent hedges, especially
along the rear and sides of properties.
| While they are not evergreen, in any
sense, they bear their leaves as long
as most shrubs, and have the happy
ability of keeping them green in the
hottest Summer.
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The Spice Bush, Benzoin Aestivale,
Is another common shrub far too little
known. 1t is good for corner paintings
in the rear, as 1t grows in time to a
height Of some Is feet, or perhaps a
little more. 1t blooms ordinarily this
MONTH little later than the Forsythia.
Its flowers, too are yellow. sent forth
in small punches along the twigs. A
feature Of this bush is its red berries,
borne in early Fall.
The japanese beauty bush, Callicarpa
JapOnica. is coming into its own, hav-
ing been pushed extensively by nursery
men during the past five years. 1t de-
serves its boost. BY experts it Is held
to be that most desirable thing a per-
feet shrub. 1t is hardy, its foliage is
good looking from one years end to
another, and 1t bears a profuSion of
flowers.
The Cotoneasters are fine shrubs, but
not well known to the average amateur
gardener. Perhaps their name scares
: =
is interesting to consider how many of
our shrubs come from foreign lands
What we now call the common bar
berry," BerberiS Thunbergi, comes to
us from Japan. Three good forms of
the CotoneaSter cit should be noted that
the first two SyllableS are not cotton, +"
but "coton'D are c. Dielsiana, c. Diva
ricata and c. Foveolata.
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II you want small shrub, out of the
ordinary, try the so-called Buttercup
Winter Hazel. 1t grows about 2 to
feet, and bears pale yellow flowers
In Spring, with a faint but pleasant
fragrance. 1t comes from Japan. Its
technical name is Corylopsis paucinora.
The Deutzias thrive in almost any
soil. and therefore are often planted.
The most common is D. Scabra, Pride
OF Rochester" forming a tall bush 8
feet high Its flowers, in June, are
white, with Slight band of pink on
the outside petals.
There are four main forms Of the
favorite Forsythia, which some people
regard as too droopy. This weeping
form is F. Suspense; the other common
ones are F. 1ntermedia Densifiora, F.
Suspense Fortuei, and F. Verdissima.
The Spireas and the Weigelias are
we'll known to most gardeners; there is
not much to say ab1ut them except that
they are inimitable, in their way, and
cannot be replaced by any other shrub
Spirea van Houttei is generally agreed
to be the grandeSt Of all shrubs. Its
great masses Of white flowers, borne on
arching sprays to the ground, beautify
many home throughout America. BY
many 1t is thought to be the Bridal
Wreath, but that is S. Prunifolia, with
straight, upright twigs. There is no
comparison between the two. II the
bush you think is Bridal Wreath is
superlative, the foliage fairly hidden by
sweeping blooms, take of your hat to
Van Houttei.
The Viburnums are hardy shrubs
with good flowers and foliage too little
known to the great run Of average gar
deners on what may be called the small
scale. The great timidity of the aver
age homeowner, in ordering shrubs
strange to him, especially If bearing
names which strike him as odd IS well
known. A great many yards which
would be graced by the Viburnums
lack them because Of this strange antip-
athv, which, however, is perhaps per-
fectly natural, after all. When enc
knows the lilac, and the beloved old
althea, and a few such things. why
should he experiment? And yet expert
mentation is one of the greatest joys Of
gardening Every homeowner should
! try plants, especially shrubs. new to
him. even if he has to go back to such
an old one as Cydonia Japonica. or
japanese Ounce whose flaming beauty
once Rraced many a narden