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massed as suggested, first one section of the shrubberies and then another 
will burst into bloom as the season rolls by. 
Vividly colored shrubs will appeal forcibly to some planters, and while, 
if used cautiously, the effects may be pleasant, they must be used with cau- 
tion, and the main reliance placed upon the old standard varieties which 
have proved reliable in our climate. The same may be said as to many of 
the novelties so much lauded in print at so much per line. 
It should be borne in mind that some varieties of strong growing, hardy 
perennials, as the asclepias, dicentra, coreopsis, day, wood or tiger lilies, 
helianthus, rudbeckia, goldenrod, peonies, etc., may be interspersed with 
the shrubs or planted on the borders of the group to great advantage, and 
the effects of the bright flowers obtained at times when flowering shrubs are 
rare. , 
In places where half-wild thickets are desired, the wild grape, woodbine 
or native clematis clambering over the tops of the shrubs will add to their 
effect. 
In strictly ornamental plantings, where, on the finished lawn, beds of 
foliage plants are suggested, the undesirable intrusion on the more valuable 
open lawn may be avoided by planting the cannas, caladiums and other ex- 
otics in connection with the shrubbery borders. 
But, wherever used, whether as specimen plantings on the lawn, around 
the borders of the grounds to conceal or enhance the distant view, or around 
the foundations of the house and other buildings to blend them more perfect- 
ly with their surroundings, we will find that our shrubs will richly repay our 
labor and, like many of the humble things of life, to be not only useful, 
but absolutely necessary to the satisfactory completion of any scheme of 
improvement. 
LOCATING AND LAYING OUT THE MINNESOTA 
ORCHARD. 
Cc. W. MERRITT, HOMER. 
In selecting ground for an orchard, I would choose, if I could, that which 
slopes to the north or east. The ground on which my orchard is situated 
slopes both north and east, sheltered on the west by quite a belt of timber, 
being low down in the lap of the hillside. I think I have an ideal situation 
for an orchard. 
Many years ago when we set trees from the Jewell Nursery, and others, 
and, of course, did not know what we wanted—any better than we do now— 
we did not have very good luck in making them grow, and if they grew 
the first hard winter weeded out the major portion of them, such as Perry 
Russet, Golden Russet, Grimes’ Golden, St. Lawrence, Greenings, etc. We 
have now and then an old tree of the old stock left to remind us of the good 
old times gone by. 
My orchard was set by fits and starts, and I have been filling out, as it 
were, for thirty years. Part of the apple trees are set twenty feet apart, each 
way; part of them sixteen feet. In the rows of the twenty feet orchard, be- 
tween the apple trees I have set cherry trees. I thought I could get some- 
thing out of the cherries while the apples were growing. The apple trees 
in this orchard are for the most part Peerless, an upright grower. 
