374 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



esque to do these successfully, but the result is so much the 

 more pleasing and satisfactory when it is well executed. 



When walks are continued from the house through dis- 

 tant parts of the pleasure-grounds, groups of shrubs may be 

 planted along their margins, here and there, with excellent 

 effect. They do not shut out or obstruct the view like large 

 trees, while they impart an interest to an otherwise tame and 

 spiritless walk. Placed in the projecting bay, round which 

 the walk curves so as to appear to be a reason for its taking 

 that direction, they conceal also the portion of the walk in 

 advance, and thus enhance the interest doubly. The neigh- 

 bourhood of rustic seats, or resting points, are also fit places 

 for the assemblage of a group or groups of shrubs. 



For the use of those who require some guide in the selec- 

 tion of species, we subjoin the accompanying list of hardy 

 and showy shrubs, which are at the same time easily procured 

 in the United States. A great number of additional species 

 and varieties, and many more rare, might be enumerated, 

 but such will be sufficiently familiar to the connoisseur al- 

 ready ; and what we have said respecting botanical rarities 

 in flowering plants maybe applied with equal force to shrubs, 

 viz : that in order to produce a brilliant effect, a few well 

 chosen species, often repeated, are more effective than a great 

 and ill-assorted melange. 



In the following list, the shrubs are divided into two clas- 

 ses — No. 1 designating those of medium size, or low growth, 

 and No. 2, those which are of the largest size. 



Flowering in April. 



1. Daphne mezeremn, The pink Mezereum D. M. album, the 



white Mezereum. 



2. Sheperdia argentea, the Buffalo berry ; yellow. 



1. Folhergilla alnifoUa, the alder-leaved Fothergilla ; brown. 



