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and vermin, or get under the slates of the roof, or intrude 

 into the reveals of the windows, or between the bricks 

 and stones of a wall ; and no year should pass in which 

 it is not closely shaven. 



The Climbing Hydrangea (Schizophragma hydran- 

 geoides) is a Japanese climber which fixes its roots to a 

 wall as firmly as Ivy, and will grow freely over wood 

 or stucco work. Its leaves are of a lovely shade, it is 

 deciduous, and in a sunny aspect blooms freely. This 

 vigorous climber will cover in a very few years an ex- 

 tensive lattice. 



CHAPTER IX 

 LAWN SHRUBS 



IT is a fact not infrequently overlooked, that a very large 

 part of the attractiveness of a garden depends upon the 

 selection, culture, and the judicious pruning of its shrubs ; 

 and it is the neglect of these which often spoils a 

 garden as well as the reputation of the gardener. I do 

 not think the utter absence of ornamental trees is quite 

 as bad as the crude and vulgar way in which they are 

 often treated. The care of one's trees is as much an 

 art as the dressing of one's daughter, and quite as much 

 justifies the taste and judgment of those who are 

 responsible. 



Ill-assorted colours and ungainly, inartistic arrange- 



