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should not be made, although un- 

 fortunately it is common; and we 

 see shrubs like Rhododendrons and 

 Privet misplaced in this way. Un- 

 doubtedly they do better than most 

 other shrubs under these difficult 

 circumstances, hut they seldom 

 prove permanently successful; while 

 on the other hand, shrubs planted 

 simultaneously with trees nearly 

 always do well for a long time, cer- 

 tainly until the trees attain great 

 size. 



A further variety of effect should 

 always be secured in the exterior 

 boundaries of a shrub group border- 

 ing on the lawn, by waving its out- 

 lines in long curves so as to make 

 bays and prorauntories of foliage. 

 Again, variety and grace of line 

 will be augmented by slightly 

 swelling into mounds the space of 

 earth wherein the shrubs are to be 

 planted, and somewhat strange to 

 say, they will survive better, and 

 grow better, when treated in this 

 way. Moreover, the eflect on the 

 entire scenery ot the rolling surface 

 rising up from the general expanse 

 of the lawn, is always fine; and the 

 practice of cultivating in beds of 

 open soil, instead of allowing the 

 shiubs to grow singly in the lurt, 

 is a good one. 



In selecting shrubs for grouping 

 on the lawn, it is specially impor- 

 tant not only to have vigorous and 

 hardy specimens, but to employ 

 varieties which suit their surround- 

 ings, and which are in sympathy 

 with the foliage about them. Pur 

 instance, on the border of a lane, 

 or in the neighborhood of outlying 

 plantations, one would naturally 

 expect to see such shrubs as L,igus- 

 trura Ibota, ly. intermedium, and 

 L. Regeliauum, the white dogwood, 

 (Cornus florida), and the bushy 

 dogwoods, (C. sericea, C. alterni- 

 folia, C. alba), Viburnum denta- 

 tuni, V. prunifoliuni, V. tomento- 

 sum, common barberry, (Berberis 

 vulgaris), Callicarpa Americana, 

 Clethra alnifolia, Itea Virginica, 

 L,onicera fragrantissima, I^onioera 

 Morrowii, Andromeda arborea, 

 Rhodotypus kerriodes, and Spiraea 

 opulifolia, and the American thorns 



(Crataogus Crus-galli, C. coccinea 

 and several others); while on the 

 other hand, near the house and in 

 domestic sueroundings.other shrubs 

 find satisfactory abiding places : 

 Weigelas, Eorythia Fortunei, Al- 

 theas, Hydrangeas, California Pri- 

 vet, Philadelphus, Spiraea Thun- 

 bergii, iJeiberis Thunbergii, Syrin- 

 ga or L,ilac, Viburnum plicatum, 

 and the beautiful flowering apples 

 and cherries and peaches. 



A note of warning shoiald be 

 given about the common practice 

 of clipping the tips of the branches 

 ot the shrubs into formal shapes, 

 thus destroying the natural char- 

 acter of Ihespecies. Planiing trees 

 and shrubs too deep, and using the 

 pruning knife on them too freely 

 and often, are common faults of ilie 

 horticulture of the present day. — 

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