CHAPTER VII 



CHOOSING SHRUBS AND SMALL TREES 



'ANY people im- 

 agine that shrubs 

 are wasted if they 

 are not massed 

 together in great planta- 

 tions, where they present a 

 solid phalanx of bloom for 

 two or three days each year. The rest of 

 the time the bed is dark and unattractive 

 and is a blot on the lawn, detracting 

 9 from, rather than adding to the surround- 

 8 ings. Such a system may sometimes be 

 convenient on large and bare estates 

 which are difficult to plant anyway, but 

 on small grounds shrubs should be used 

 generally as individual specimens so that 

 their beauty may be seen and admired, 

 so that the good qualities of each may be 

 appreciated; they should not be consid- 



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