TREES 



There are many native shrubs to be found 

 growing in the fields and by streams, that 

 are worthy of a place in any garden. They 

 are easy to transplant and quite sure to live. 

 They must be well pruned, however, and 

 quite half of the tops should be cut off. 



Among the shrubs to be found in the 

 fields are the sweet-briars, alders, black 

 chokebeny, elders, witch hazel, and the 

 splendid sumac. In many localities the 

 Rhododendron maximum, laurel, and the 

 pink azalea, none of which should ever be 

 trimmed, can be dug from the woods with 

 but little trouble. 



Many vines are also to be found grow- 

 ing against old fences or twining about 

 trees. These may be carefully dug up, 

 the tops somewhat cut down and brought 

 home in triumph, to plant by the veranda 

 posts, to cover a rustic summer house, or to 

 twine about a trellis. Four of the best of 

 these wild vines are Virginia creeper, bitter 

 sweet, wild clematis, and the wild grape. 

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