FIVE] LAWNS AND SHRUBBERIES 



For your convenient reference I append a list of 

 what appears to me to be twenty-five of the best 

 shrubs for general planting. Altheas in variety, 

 barberry; deutzia in variety; dogwood in variety; 

 euonymous, American and European; Tartarian 

 honeysuckle in variety ; hydrangea paniculata 

 grandiflora; lilac in variety; prunus triloba; Japan- 

 quince in variety ; purple fringe ; ribesaureum ; spi- 

 rea in variety; syringa in variety; viburnum in var- 

 iety; weigela in variety; elder; forsythia; exochorda; 

 Chinese privet; dwarf horse-chestnut. To these 

 add, according to locality, for evergreen, mountain 

 laurel, rhododendron, mahonia, and box. \ / 



In the arrangement of shrubs, as of trees, we 

 must remember that we are planting for the whole 

 year, and not to have something in the spring or 

 for midsummer only. It is not difficult to so ar- 

 range our shrubbery as to modify the dullness of 

 winter, as well as the warmth of summer. I rec- 

 ommend you to plant very freely of the barberries 

 and the high-bush cranberry. These, with warm, 

 red berries covering them all winter, make January 

 comfortable at least to the eye. In March and 

 April they draw the cedar birds and the pine gros- 

 beaks — beautiful birds that are very companion- 



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