CHAPTER IV 



MAY GARLANDS 



OPENING with Cherry, Plum, and Apple 

 blossom, and closing with early Roses and 

 all the glories of Azaleas and Rhododendrons, 

 the month of May, if the weather be kind, 

 is garlanded from first to last with flowers 

 on bush and tree. Lilacs, Hawthorns of 

 every shade, Guelder Rose, both the ordinary 

 Viburnum sterilis, and the Japanese V. plicatum, 

 most decorative of shrubs, mingle with the 

 white spires of Horse Chestnut, the "golden 

 rain " of Laburnum, the stars of Magnolia, 

 the snowy wreaths of Spiraea. And by dint 

 of a little judicious planting, the smallest 

 gardens may produce a succession of delightful 

 colour effects till " flaming June " showers 

 them over with her wealth of Roses. 



First in the lovely procession come the 

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