80 PLANNING AND PLANTING 



will be well, in such event, to see that the plants 

 have sufficient moisture at all times, by drenching 

 the ground around them occasionally with the hose. 



Should your Evergreens begin to turn brown 

 in summer, the probable cause is the red spider, 

 a mischievous little pest much found to infest cer- 

 tain plants in the greenhouse or conservatory. 

 You may search closely for this little fellow, yet 

 fail to see him, for he is quite small, and not at all 

 like the common house or garden spider. 



The best remedy for the elimination of this pest 

 is to dust the Evergreens with equal parts of 

 tobacco dust and fine sulphur, doing the work in 

 the morning while the dew is still on the plants. 

 You can use either a small bellows especially made 

 for such use, or take a piece of cheesecloth instead. 



While it is true that Evergreens are highly 

 decorative for twelve months in the year, it is also 

 a fact that, by proper selection, Deciduous Shrubs 

 may also be chosen, such as will make an attrac- 

 tive showing. All that is required will be a little 

 discrimination, and the choosing of some of the 

 bright berried sorts, or those with attractive 

 barks or twigs, for mingling with the other vari- 

 eties chosen for their foliage or flowers. 



Amongst the berried sorts, very much used, are 

 the old-fashioned Symphorocarpus or Snowberry, 

 the Coralberry, the High^bush Cranberry, and Ber- 

 beris Thunbergii or Barberry. Then we have the 



