Economy in the Purchase of Shrubbery 



more or less inclined to a recumbent or prostrate 

 habit or because of their flexibility are easily 

 pegged down and root easily at the joint but do 

 not make as vigorous root growth and the joint 

 should have a little earth drawn over it and be 

 kept moist by placing a stone on top. This shrub 

 is so altogether desirable that several branches 

 may well be devoted to the increase of stock, one 

 or more plants being produced from each branch. 



Of those shrubs which throw up suckers from 

 the roots the lilac will occur to most people as a 

 well-known example, so if in buying the newer, 

 double-flowered sorts one will insist on purchasing 

 plants upon their own roots and not be satisfied 

 with grafted plants one will soon become pos- 

 sessed of a quite respectable jDlanting of lilacs 

 of notable size and color of bloom. The suckers 

 should be removed as soon as they have had one 

 season of growth for the protection of the parent 

 plant which will be much depleted in bloom by 

 their permanent presence. 



One of the most beautiful foliage shrubs, the 

 fern-leaved sumac — Rhus typhina laciniata — 



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