This section is from the book "Manual Of Gardening", by L. H. Bailey. Also available from Amazon: Manual of Gardening.
An old favorite blooming in earliest spring, in advance of the leaves; not hardy at Lansing, Mich.; 4-5 ft.
Bright red; fruit handsome; hardier than C. Japonica; 1-3 ft.
Produces rose-purple or white flowers in abundance in earliest spring before the leaves appear. Should be planted on the edges of groups; leaves deciduous; 1-4 ft.
Pink flowers in very early spring and again in autumn; leaves evergreen; 1-1½ ft.
Standard shrubs; the variety "Pride of Rochester," with pinkish flowers, is perhaps the best form for the North; 4-6 ft. Of this and the next there are forms with ornamental foliage.
Very close little bush, with pure white flowers; 2-3 ft.
A hybrid, very desirable; 1-3 ft.
Free bloomers, very fine, in many colors, 4-6 ft.; the forms known aa candida,(Recommended) roaea,(Recommended) and Sieboldii variegata,(Recommended) are hardy and good.
If well grown, the leatherwood makes a very neat plant; blossoms appear before the leaves, but not showy; 4-6 ft.
Foliage silvery white; very hardy; becoming a small tree, 15-20 ft.
Large and silvery leaves; suckers badly; 8-12 ft.
Attractive spreading bush, with handsome clible cranberry-like berries; 5-6 ft.
Very attractive in fruit; 8-12 ft., or even becoming tree-like.
Several other species are in cultivation, some of them evergreen. In the North, success may be expected with E. Europoeus (sometimes a small tree), E. alatus, E. Bungeanus, E. latifolius, and perhaps others.
A large and very showy shrub, producing a profusion of apple-like white flowers in early spring; 6-12 ft; allied to the spireas.
Blossoms yellow, appearing before the leaves; requires protection in many places North; 6-10 ft.
Makes an attractive mass on a bank or border; 6-12 ft.
Yellow pea-like flowers in June; 1-3 ft.
Bell-shaped white flowers in May; 8-10 ft.
Blossoms in October and November; unique and desirable if well grown; 8-12 ft.
In many forms, purple, red, and white, and perhaps the best of late summer-blooming shrubs; 8-12 ft.
One of the best and most showy small flowering shrubs; 4-10 ft.
Attractive in both foliage and flower.
This is especially valuable for its luxuriant foliage; even if killed to the ground in winter, it is still worth cultivating for its strong shoots.
The greenhouse hydrangea (H. Hortensia in many forms) may be used as an outdoor subject in the South.
Small undershrubs, producing bright yellow flowers in profusion in July and August; 2-4 ft.
Produces showy red berries, that persist through the winter; should be massed in rather low ground; flowers imperfect; 6-8 ft.
The evergreen hollies are not suitable for cultivation in the North; but in the warmer latitudes, the American holly (Ilex opaca), English holly (/. Aquifolium), and Japanese holly (/. crenate) may be grown. There are several native species.
One of the best shrubs in cultivation, evergreen, 5-10 ft., or even becoming a small tree south; usually profits by partial shade; thrives in a peaty or loamy rather loose soil, and said to be averse to limestone and clay; extensively transferred from the wild for landscape effects in large private places; should thrive as far north as it grows wild.
A bramble-like shrub, producing attractive yellow single or double flowers from July until September; twigs very green in winter. There is a variegated-leaved form. Good for banks and borders; 2-3 ft.
Evergreen, more or less procumbent; 2-3 ft.
Reddish or purple small flowers in late summer and fall; 4-8 ft.
Rose-purple large flowers in fall; killed to the ground in winter, but it blooms the following year; 4-5 ft.
Flowers white, later than those of L. Sieboldii; springs up from the root.
Much used for low hedges and borders; 4-12 ft.; several other species.
One of the most chaste and comely of shrubs; 6-10 ft.; pink-flowered; several varieties.
Blooms a little later than above, pink; 2-4 ft.
Flowers exceedingly fragrant, preceding leaves; 2-6 ft.; one of the earliest things to bloom in spring.
There are other upright honeysuckles, all interesting.
 
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