A GARDEN OF 



must be based on the superiority of the foreign 

 kinds. But such is really not the case. 



IN this paper I shall name a few only of the 

 shrubs and plants which can be procured in 

 most localities at the North which will be found 

 best adapted by the amateur to lawn and gar- 

 den culture. After experimenting with these 

 for a season or two, he can enlarge his collec- 

 tion and add to it year by year from the almost 

 inexhaustible stock which can be drawn on 

 from field, forest, and pasture. 



The White-flowered Elder grows almost 

 everywhere. It is a pleasing shrub as to foli- 

 age. Its habit of growth is spreading and 

 rather symmetrical. When in full bloom it is 

 almost covered with immense flat panicles of 

 creamy white flowers so delicate in form and so 

 arranged that the sight of them suggests lace 

 of the finest pattern. The flowers last for 

 about a fortnight. They are followed by 

 fruit. One variety has scarlet berries, the 

 other dark purple ones. The scarlet-fruited 

 sort is most showy. Well-grown specimens of 

 this shrub are quite as ornamental, when in 

 bloom, as any Hydrangea, and their flowers 



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