]o6 FLOWERING AND ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 



naturally, as the ivy, and merely require to be occasionally 

 guided, so as to cause a regular distribution of their shoots ; 

 others must be treated like fruit trees, trained thinly, if 

 blossoms are the object, and rather thicker, if the intention 

 be to show the foliage to the greatest possible advantage. 



Ornamental shrubs grow from one foot to twelve or more 

 in height; and where such are planted for ornament, the 

 height of each plant, when full grown, should be considered, 

 and also the mode of growth, that every one may be so 

 planted as to show to advantage, observing that the tall- 

 growing should be planted in the back part of the borders, 

 and those of low-growth forward ; but if they are/equired to 

 be planted in clumps, they should be so arranged as to rise 

 gradually from the sides to the middle, and be afterwards 

 neatly trimmed. 



Shrubs require an annual pruning, at which time cut out 

 all irregular and superfluous branches, and head down such 

 as require it, forming them into handsome bushes. Apply 

 stakes to such as may need support, and see that the low- 

 growing ones do not injure each other, nor interfere with 

 other dwarfish plants near them. 



Many kinds of shrubs may be raised from seed sown 

 early in the Spring, but are more commonly propagated by 

 suckers, layers, or cuttings. Like other plants, they require 

 a good soil, which should be manured every two or three 

 years, and some of the tender kinds should have some pro- 

 tection in Winter. 



The following list taken from the New-York Farmer, 

 furnished by Mr. Floy, contains the most of those usually 

 planted in gardens and on lawns. These will furnish a 

 succession of flowers from Spring until Autumn, and may be 

 obtained at the nurseries at moderate prices. 



CATALOGUE, &c. 



AmorpJia fruticosa, Indigo shrub, produces handsome 

 bunches of purple flowers in June and July. 



Amygdalus nana t Dwarf double-flowering Almond; a 



