THE BEST SHRUBS TO PLANT 95 



LILACS have few equals as town shrubs; 

 indeed, it would be good practice,. to plant 

 these first, whatever else might follow. They 

 succeed admirably in the worst and most 

 smoky parts of London and Glasgow, and 

 there put on an appearance during early Sum- 

 mer that it would be difficult to exceed in 

 country gardens. Recent experiments have 

 proved that many of the finer forms are equal 

 to the common kind for this purpose, parti- 

 cularly the Siberian and Persian. 



THE COMMON ELDER (Sambucus nigrd) 

 has perhaps no equal as a town tree or shrub, 

 succeeding admirably in even the most smoke- 

 infested quarters. The various varieties are 

 perhaps preferable to the species in so far 

 as ornamental foliage is concerned, and in- 

 clude the golden, silver and cut-leaved forms. 



THE SCARLET-BERRIED ELDER (S. race- 

 mosa) is also a good subject for the town 

 garden and is almost a counterpart of our 

 native species, but instead of black the 

 berries are brilliant scarlet. 



THE BROAD - LEAVED SPINDLE TREE 



