Exochorda grandiflora.—A shrub bearing white blossoms in spring.
Evergreens.—A number of the evergreens are dwarf or so slow growing that they may be very effectively used for shrubbing. The arbor vitæ has been used in hedges. Pines, cedars and spruces are commonly used to heighten architectural effects.
Fringe Tree, Chionanthus virginica.—A shrub or small tree blossoming profusely about lilac flowering time. Foliage not particularly good.
Flowering Almond, Amygdalus nana.—A dwarf almond cultivated for its flowers, imported from Russia. Grows 4 or 5 feet high and in the spring the slender stems are almost wholly covered with the blossoms.
Flowering Crab.—Nearly every state has the wild crab-apple, which is hardy and a most beautiful flowering plant when in bloom. The fruit is usually small and sour, but the early settlers found it fine for jelly, and the wild tang is delightful. Crab trees have been domesticated so that now nursery men claim a double flowering crab, extremely beautiful with fragrant double flowers of delicate pink. The tree is of medium height.
Golden Bell, Forsythia viridissima, and F. Fortunei bear great quantities of yellow flowers in early spring. At their best in the Eastern states. F. syspensa is a weeping or semi-prostrate form.
Hercules Club, Aralia spinosa.—Six to 18 feet high. Its large leaves give it a somewhat tropical effect.
Hydrangia paniculata grandiflora.—The shrub hydrangeas furnish large showy white flowers in the autumn after most flowers have gone. Very effective between the greens of the shrubs and trees and of the grass.
Indian Currant.—See [Coral Berry].
Japan Quince, Pyrus japonica.—Cultivated for its brilliant scarlet flowers in early spring.