CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



flower; in September, the Clematis paniculata; 

 and during the winter the orange and red ber- 

 ries of the Bittersweet. The planting may be 

 done so as to afford shade throughout the sum- 

 mer and a succession of blooming from early 

 spring to late autumn. 



Material for shrub borders is so abundant 

 and so satisfactory that the temptation to select 

 a great variety of shrubs and thus destroy the 

 unity and harmony of the whole is very strong. 

 Effective shrubs are the Viburnums, Cornels, 

 Spiraeas, with Forsythia for a touch of gold in 

 the early spring ; a Weigela rosea for a flush of 

 pink for the later spring ; and Hydrangea panicu- 

 lata grandiflora for late summer and autumn 

 blooming. Some of the best Cornels are Cornus 

 paniculata, Cornus stolonifera, Cornus amomum, 

 Cornus florida. They bloom at different times 

 and have different colored stems and fruit. 



Viburnum opulus. Viburnum opulus sterilis 

 — common Snowball — Viburnum tomentosum, 

 and Viburnum tomentosum plicatum — Japanese 

 Snowball — Viburnum lentago, and Viburnum 

 dilatatum are beautiful in flower and fruit. Of 

 the Spiraeas, select Spircea vanhouttei for masses 

 of flowers; Spircea thunbergii for early bloom- 

 ing and lightness of foliage; Spircea prunifolia 

 for wreaths of white blossoms and especially 

 for the color and texture of its foliage. Ber- 



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