View on the estate of Mr. Hamilton Gary, showing a hill covered with Pine, Birch, Dogwood, Deutzia and Forsythia, 

 flanked with groups of Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora. A planting that cares for itself. 



Flolpertng Shrubs 



HRUBS are a necessary complement to trees in the landscape. In two or three years 

 the shrubbery on a new place looks mature. With shrubs 6 feet high and trees 25 

 to 50 feet, mature results are attained the first year. The varying color, form and 

 shadow effects from April to October, of flowers, foliage and bright berries are not 

 exceeded even by the flower garden. The colored twigs are beautiful in winter. 



To screen laundry and service court, kitchen, stable or road, tall shrubs are valu- 

 able. We offer shrubs 7 to 10 feet high for this purpose. To carry the green of the lawn over a drive, a 

 belt of low shrubs will preserve the unbroken sweep of green which is the keynote of a landscape. To 

 round off the angular lines at the foundation of a house and connect the house with the ground, shrubs 

 are indispensable. We train compact and symmetrical shrubs for the purpose. 



Grading with shrubs is an economy little understood. For example, a road curving around a hill 

 may have a steep and dangerous bank. Dense shrubs, as Berberis Thunbergi backed by taller shrubs, 

 will make a thicket that will halt a bolting horse. With the same economy, masses of shrubs will fill 

 in hollows or round off rough hillsides. See illustration, page 43. 



A prominent landscape architect says : "The foliage of shrubs that are well established remains 

 green when dry- weather turns grass brown. The broad mass of shrubbery will take care of itself 

 when the grass needs frequent attention. It might with advantage replace grass upon all surfaces 

 too steep to walk upon with comfort," and it might be added, too expensive, or impossible, to keep 

 in good lawn. 



Plant in broad masses, using large quantities. Group similar kinds together blending into the 

 next. Long, graceful curves for outlines, with detached groups, produce most beautiful results and 

 permit economical mowing with a horse lawn-mower. Plant low, thick-foliaged kinds, as Berberis 

 Thunbergi, Deutzia gracilis and Rugosa Rose at the front, to hide the bare stems of those in the rear 

 and hold the mulch. 



Prepare the ground and maintain it as for a crop of potatoes, or mulch with straw, leaves or 

 thatch. 



To cover ground too poor and gravelly for grass, plant Wild Rose, Rugosa Rose, Trailing Rose, 



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