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bloom, and the Forsythia or Golden Bell gives us 

 a wealth of yellow flowers that almost completely 

 hides the bush, before the foliage forms, and the 

 bright, smiling faces of the pansies look up and 

 greet us merrily. 



Also many do not know, and so it is worth men- 

 tioning here, that branches of the forsythia, also 

 of the peach and apple tree may be cut very early 

 in spring, placed in water in the house and forced 

 into bloom, and will provide very pretty decora- 

 tions indeed for the home. 



With the advent of the "Merry Month of May," 

 we have a wealth of beautiful blooming shrubs : 

 the gay Dogwoods, the bright evergreen Azaleas, 

 and the several Deutzias ; the Cydonia or Jap- 

 anese Quince with its bright red flowers contrast- 

 ing prettily with the glossy green foliage; the 

 ever popular Philadelphus or Mock Orange, so 

 called because the blossoms resemble the flowers of 

 the orange tree; the Lilacs and Viburnums, the 

 Spireas blooming from now until August, the 

 Kerria or Globe Flower and the bright showy 

 Weigelas. 



By this time too we have the old-fashioned bleed- 

 ing heart, and for Memorial Day the first of the 

 peonies are usually with us in this latitude. 

 Another appreciated flower usually in bloom for 

 this day is the lovely Deutzia gracilis. This 

 dwarf shrub bears long racemes of lovely pure 



