CHAPTER XIII 



SHRUBS 



/^F the hundreds of shrubs, comparatively 

 ^"^ few survive the severe winter cHmate of 

 interior New York, or grow very luxuriantly. 

 Lilacs of all varieties, white and purple, 

 single and double; Deutzias, white and pink; 

 and Syringa, the improved large - flowered 

 variety, are most beautiful. Spii^cea Van 

 Houttei, sometimes called Bridal Wreath, 

 with its long trails of white blossoms; and 

 Viburnum plicatum, or Japanese Snowball, 

 which in late May bears a ball of bloom on 

 every twig and is both healthy and hardy, 

 are also desirable shrubs. The old variety 

 of Snowball is attacked by a bhght, the 

 leaves curl up and grow black and the 

 blooms are imperfect. A few years ago I 

 dug up all of mine and burned them. 



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