CHAPTER V. 



SHRUBS, HEDGES, AND HARDY CLIMBERS. 



SHKUBS may serve under some conditions, e.g., on small 

 places, the purpose of screens when planted near the build- 

 ings, or near the street when the land slopes upward toward 

 the house, hut in very few places can they be used for 

 shelter. They are especially adapted to add finishing 

 touches and cause a blending between the trees and lawn 

 or for massing in ornamental groups on small grounds. 



They present a much greater variety in form, size, and 

 color than the trees. Among them we have the most 

 beautiful colors and variegations of foliage, the most beau- 

 tiful grace of outline, and the greatest variety of forms and 

 colors of blossoms, coming on more or less from the earliest 

 spring to late summer or early autumn, which afford material 

 for the most beautiful effects. Being small they will give 

 a much greater number of forms and colors on places of 

 limited size than can be obtained from the use of trees. 

 For description of shrubs see Chapter XII. 



Preparation of Land, Planting, Grouping, etc. 



The preparation of the land, the pruning preparatory 

 for and the planting of shrubs, are so similar to those 

 required for trees that directions need not be repeated here. 



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