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common lilac colored. Yulgaris alba, white and the Persian, which are 

 ithree good old varieties, the Persian having smaller foliage and darker 

 flowers than the common variety. 



Hydrangea Paniculata Graudiflora, six feet August, this shrub with 

 its large bell like flowers needs no comment if cut back yearly and well 

 fertilized the result will surprise you. 



Tamarix Amurensis, eight feet June to August, a shrub with grace- 

 ful foliage flowers of pale lilac color the more you cut this back the 

 .prettier the shrubs. 



Caragana or Siberian Pea Tree, six feet summer. A very hardy shrub 

 with yellow flower, foliage resembles the garden pea. 



Acacca, Moss Locust five feet early spring, a shrub which needs no 

 ■comment on hardiness, its early flowering makes it valuable though it 

 spreads where planted. 



Berberis Vulgaris, eight feet June (green), Berberis Yiilgaris folus 

 purpureis (puri'le) seven feet June. These shrubs are hardy and the 

 loliage of each recommends them. 



Weigelia Rosea, six feet June and July, red. Weigelia Candida, six 

 feet June and July, white. Although these shrubs are not perfectly 

 hardy in the regions of a severe winter they deserve a place in the 

 shrubbery collection. 



Golden Bell, Forsjtliia, six feet April. The yellow bell like flowers 

 appearing before the foliage gives this a desirable place in the list. 



Pruiins Japonica, Japan Quince, flve feet April. The early flowering 

 of this shrub gives it a recommend. Flowers red like apple blossom 



While I have enumerated twelve shrubs and described them I would 

 further recommend for your consideration and trial the following. 



Prunus Friloba, double flowering plum, flve feet May, a good ac- 

 'Quistion. 



Eliagnus Augustlfolia, Russian Olive twelve July, a, tree shrub with 

 silvery foliage and yellow flowers with perfume equal to the wild grape. 



Prunus Bcssfji, Rocky mountain cherry, flve feet May, very free 

 bloomer. 



The writer could go on enumerating shrubs to a greater extent, but 

 this is written for the general home planter without regard to grouping 

 ■effects, etc., and curtailed so that the planter would not be too much 

 confounded when feeling he wishes to plant a few shrubs. 



Plant shrubs, beautify your home surrounding, make life worth 

 living, is the writer's appeal to you one and all whether in city or country 

 l)ut mostly in country, where they harmonise with nature's surrounding 

 Tjeauty. 



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