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in large clusters at the ends of branches and twigs, covering 



the bush ; blossoms in Jvme. 

 4 — Cornus sanguinea: variety of cornel; twelve feet high; any 



soil, sun or shade; greenish- white flowers in dense, roiuid, 



flat clusters ; blossoms in May and Jvme; black fruits follow; 



the branches of this shrub are a deep blood-red in winter 



and very decorative. 

 2 — Syringa vulgaris: common lilac; twelve to twenty feet high; 



any soil will do but a moderately moist one is preferred ; 



familiar lilac-colored flowers; blossoms in May and June. 

 6 — A cer rubrum : red maple tree ; reaches one hundred and twenty 



feet high in time ; any soil ; the earliest of the trees to flower, its 



scarlet blossoms appearing in March or April ; very gorgeous 



in autumn color. 



PLAN B — FULL SUN 



1 — Chrysanthemum — hardy pompon type ; two to three feet high; 

 any soil; flowers in greatest abundance, small and button- 

 like, in white, all shades of yellow to deep coppery-bronze 

 and all shades of mauve-pink to deep maroon ; keep to one 

 or the other of the two latter color divisions in selecting, 

 and do not attempt to use both; blossoms in September 

 and on tmtil frost cuts the plants down. 



2 — Deutzia corymbiflora: as described in the hst for Plan A. 



3 — Lonicera Morrowi: Japanese bush honeysuckle ; six feet high ; 

 any garden soil; flowers white, turning to yellowish; blos- 

 soms in May; covered with ruby berries from late in July 

 on through the summer and tmtil hard frost. 



4—Diervilla hybrid, Pascal: hybrid Weigela ; six to eight feet 

 high; branches erect, arching and spreading; deep red 

 flowers in great abim dance covering the bush down to the 



