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YELLOW OR AUSTRIAN. These beautiful roses are not 

 long-lived and require careful pruning to produce an 

 abundance of blossoms. Only the weak shoots should be 

 cut away, leaving the strong shoots of one and two seasons' 



FIG. 113. CLIMBING ROSES. 



growth for the production of flowers. The two varieties 

 most commonly grown are the Austrian and Harrison. 



Evergreen Shrubs. 



If we should omit the evergreen shrubs from our list of 

 ornamantel material, we should lose much that is most 

 beautiful and very popular ou all the best places in the 

 country. Nothing can exceed the great beauty of the 

 kalmias and the rhododendron; they add so much beauty 

 and finish to every place where used. In our climate, 

 where the sun shines with great fierceness, they do not sue- 



