Massing of 6 inches to 3 feet, are covered with their delicate pink flowers 

 Shrubs for in the Summer, and in the Autumn are set all over with the 

 effect white fruit-balls, which last until the birds have eaten them. 

 This plan of cutting down to the ground in the Spring is requisite, 

 or at least highly desirable, with many other subjects to which 

 I shall refer later, where winter-colouring is sought for. I have 

 often found it very difficult to persuade gardeners (whether 

 amateur or professional) to carry out my recommendation in 

 this particular with regard to such things as Spircea Douglasii 

 or Cornus sanguinea, and even when they have promised to do 

 so, I have found that they have not been able to harden their 

 hearts, and at the last moment have adopted the half-measure 

 of cutting the plants a foot from the ground. This has the 

 result of showing in Winter a stiff uniform artificial line through 

 the bed with bright colouring above the line and dull below. It 

 should be borne in mind that it is invariably in the young wood 

 that the most vivid colour is procurable. 



What is really wanted to show autumn and winter-colour- 

 ing to full advantage is that the planting should be in groups 

 and masses of the same species, and though this can be more 

 completely carried out in large places, yet it can be done much 

 more than it is at present in gardens of every size. 



It is only of late years that it has been realised that Roses 

 and herbaceous plants look far better when the same variety is 

 massed together, and before long, gardeners will recognise the 

 advantage of treating shrubs in the same fashion so as to develop 

 the full beauty, whether of their flowers, foliage, or wood. I 

 will now mention in detail some plants which, owing to their 

 cheapness and hardiness, are suitable for planting in quantity 

 and whose foliage turns a fine colour in Autumn. 

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