SHRUBS 



bluish-white berries. S. maxima var. pubescens bears 

 large flower clusters in the late summer, which are fol- 

 lowed by red berries. 



Viburnums also are gay fruited. F. Opulus has red 

 berries; lantana has red berries that finally turn dark; 

 dentatum has rich blue-black fruit, and the Maple- 

 leaved Viburnum, which grows wild in our mountains, 

 also has clusters of dark-coloured berries. 



The old-fashioned Snowberry peeps through most of 

 the tumbledown fences in our neighbourhood, and we 

 have a fine group at our own front fence. The shrub 

 grows about five feet high and has small leaves, tiny pink 

 flowers, beloved of bees, which are followed by large, 

 gleaming white berries. The appalling name of this 

 simple old friend is Symphoricarpus racemosus. It 

 spreads quickly, and is a good shrub of medium height. 



Besides these gay-leaved, bright-fruited shrubs there 

 are many others, too numerous for inclusion in a short 

 chapter, but they may be found among the Dogwoods. 

 Euonymuses, Hawthorns, Crabs, Plums, Andromedas, 

 Roses, Alders, and others. 



PRUNING. One needs to be wary of the knife where 

 shrubs are concerned. Constantly I see them lopped 

 and mangled into the most pitiful semblance of their 

 former graceful state, the ignorant butcher seemingly 

 unaware or unmindful of the fact that he has cut off the 

 greater part of the spring's store of blossoms. Some 

 gardeners seem to have a perfect mania for pruning 



