CHAPTER XVI
 

              Trees  and Shrubs with  Handsome Fruits.



In  gardens  attached  to houses visited  usually, or perhaps  only,  in the

autumn, this group of trees and shrubs possesses a special value.   After

July very  few shrubs  are to be had in flower, and the fine-fruited kinds

provide a  useful element of colour in the  dull time  that comes between

the season of late flower and that of autumn  colour.   It is also a point

in the planting of the parks and gardens of pleasure resorts whose "season"

is from July  to  September that might be given more consideration  than

at present it  receives.   The  following list  may be useful as  indicating

the  most  striking  of  this class;  they are  all fully  described  in the

body  of  the work,   but the  asterisk  may  be taken  as a guide  for the

best:—
 

 Acanthopanax Henryi and others, black-

    purple.

 Acer Pseudoplatanus erythrocarpum, red.

 Actinidia chinensis, reddish, edible.

 Ailanthus glandulosa, red and yellow.

 Arbutus Unedo, orange-red.

*Aucuba japonica, red.

*Berberis,  many  species,  plum-coloured

    and red.

*Billardiera longiflora, blue.

*Callicarpa japonica, violet.

*Celastrus articulatus, red and orange.

     ,,    scandens, red and orange.

 Clematis Vitalba, grey.

 Clerodendron Fargesii, blue.

      „       trichotomum, blue.

 Cocculus  trilobus, purple-black.

 Colutea arborescens and  others,  brown

    bladders.

 Coprosma acerosa, transparent blue-green.

*Coriaria, red, yellow.

 Cornus, blue and red.

*Cotoneaster, red and black.

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*Cratsegus, red, sometimes yellow.

 Daphne Mezereum, red or yellow.

 Elseagnus multiflora, orange-red.

*Euonymus, red and orange.

 Fraxinus Mariesii, bronzy red.

 Gleditschia, brown, large pods.

 Hedera, purple-black, sometimes  red or

    yellow.

*Hippophae rhamnoides, orange.

*Hymenanthera crassifolia, white.

 Hypericum Androsasmum, black-purple.

      „     elatum, black-purple.

 Idesia polycarpa, black-purple.

*Ilex, red, sometimes yellow.

 Jasminum fruticans, black.

 Ligustrum sinense, black.

 Lonicera, red, blue.

*Lycium, red.

 Magnolia tripetala, red.

 Nuttallia cerasiformis, purple.

 Paliurus,  brown, flattish disks.

*Pernettya  mucronata,  crimson,   purple,

    white.