One of the most ornamental evergreen shrubs, the Japanese Aucuba ([page 41]), is grown in mostly all gardens. The leaves are pale green in colour and beautifully spotted with yellow; in form, spear-shaped, leathery to the feel, and very glossy. The flowers open in early spring, but are inconspicuous, and hidden by the foliage.
The Canadian Elder ([page 42]) is a plant frequently seen in shrubberies, opening its large, white-coloured flower-heads in late July, followed in autumn by clusters of purple-coloured berries. The illustration is very typical, the large flower-heads being shown among the pinnate leaves and oblong-shaped leaflets.
A native of South Europe, the Laurustinus ([page 43]) flowers throughout the winter, according to situation, and may be known by the flat corymbs of white flowers. It is an evergreen shrub, with shining, dark-green, and oval-shaped leaves.
In the Tomentose Guelder Rose ([page 44]) the flowers are barren around the margin of the truss, and open in early summer, while the leaves are flat, rounded, dark-green in colour, and very wrinkled.
The Japanese Guelder Rose ([page 45]) has large, rounded, barren trusses of white flowers, which open in May. It forms a spreading bush from three to four feet high.
The Snowberry ([page 46]) is familiar through its large, white fruits hanging on the branches most of the winter. In late summer it opens its flowers, which are borne in loose spikes at the end of the branches, and forms a loose-growing bush about four feet high.
[A]One of the most ornamental free-flowering shrubs, the Bush Honeysuckle ([page 47]), produces in early summer large clusters of bell-shaped and rose-coloured flowers, set amidst light-green, ovate-shaped leaves, and attains a height of over six feet.
A native of New Zealand, the Daisy Tree is one of the most popular free-flowering shrubs. The illustration ([page 48]) shews the foliage completely hidden by the numerous small white and yellow-disked flowers. It is a box-like plant, and grows over six feet high. The leaves are crowded, about one inch long, dull-green colour above and whitish beneath, and acute at each end.
The New Zealand Daisy Tree ([page 49]) has large holly-like leaves, which are silvery on the underside, and large flower-heads, which are white, with a red centre, and open in July. Forms a loose-growing plant.
A densely-growing bush, the Prickly Heath ([page 50]) flowers from May to July, and the small white flowers are succeeded by berries of various colours borne in the axils of the small, dark-green, rigid, shining leaves. It rarely grows over four feet high.