50 LANDSCAPE-GARDENING 



No attempt will be made here to give a complete 

 list of available trees or to describe them, as that 

 work has been so well done in other books, but one 

 likes to recall the names of some of them as he would 

 the names and faces of friends. If a reader's favor- 

 ite tree does not appear among those mentioned 

 from time to time, it must not be construed as a 

 reflection on his tree, as there undoubtedly is a place 

 for every tree in some location, a place where it will 

 serve better than any other. Such a place may 

 even be found for a Lombardy poplar, a soft maple, 

 or a box elder. 



SHRUBS 



Shrubs are like trees in many respects. They 

 have similar leaves, blossoms, and fruits, and they 

 are interesting from the color of their branches or 

 their manner of growth, but they are comparatively 

 small and usually have many stems instead of one. 

 There are evergreen and deciduous shrubs, and they 

 may be planted for their beauty alone or to serve 

 as a hedge or screen. In landscape design, shrubs 

 are useful in many ways. Often they are employed 

 to grade down the higher outlines of trees to the sur- 

 face of a lawn or other low area. They form an 



