228 Shrubbery and Trees 



Many varieties of flowering plants make beauti- 

 ful hedges but evergreens should be planted among 

 them or there will be a dreadful lack of foliage in 

 the winter, and we must take care of the winter 

 plants for the summer can do so much for itself. 

 One very pretty idea is to plant a hedge of hy- 

 drangea, spiraea, or other blossoming plants for 

 the hedge, and at intervals clumps of evergreen. 

 This will give a beautiful flowering effect during 

 the summer blooming period and yet the lawn 

 will not be bleak in the winter. 



Of recent years a movement has been on foot to 

 conserve the forests. The movement is looked 

 upon by the thoughtless as being of a more or 

 less sentimental nature, with the ultimate end of 

 keeping intact the natural beauty which surrounds 

 us; but it is hardly a matter of sentiment, so 

 much more important is the practical side of the 

 question. Without the trees we would be in dire 

 distress sooner or later. We would find ourselves 

 by and by at a loss for a home, or at least for many 

 of the parts of a house and the articles needed in 

 it, and even to-day in some sections of the country 

 a frame house is more costly than a brick or stone 

 house owing to the scarcity of timber and the high 

 cost of lumber. Therefore, plant a tree! Trees 

 practically take care of themselves. All that many 



