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height of each plant, when full grown, should be considered, 

 and also the mode of growth, that every one may be so 

 planted as to show to advantage, observing that the tall- 

 growing should be planted in the back part of the borders, 

 and those of low-growth forward ; but if they are required to 

 be planted in clumps, they should be so arranged as to rise 

 gradually from the sides to the middle, and be afterwards 

 neatly trimmed. 



Shrubs require an annual pruning, at which time cut out 

 all irregular and superfluous branches, and head down such 

 as require it, forming them into handsome bushes. Apply 

 stakes to such as may need support, and see that the low- 

 growing ones do not injure each other, nor interfeie with 

 other dwarfish plants near them. 



Many kinds of shrubs may be raised from seed sown 

 early in the Spring, but are more commonly propagated by 

 suckers, layers, or cuttings. Like other plants, they require 

 a good soil, which should be manured every two or three 

 years, and some of the tender kinds should have some pro- 

 tection in Winter. 



The following list taken from the New-York Farmer, 

 furnished by Mr. Floy, contains the most of those usually 

 planted in gardens and on lawns. These will furnish a 

 succession of flowers from Spring until Autumn, and may be 

 obtained at the nurseries at moderate prices. 



CATALOGUE, &c. 



Amorpha fruticosctt — Indigo shrub, produces handsome 

 bunches of purple flowers in June and July. 



Amygdalus nana, Dwarf double-flowering Almond ; a 

 very beautiful shrub, about three feet high; blossoms early 

 in April. 



Aralia spinosa, or Angelica tree, about ten feet high ; 

 flowers in very large bunches, and continues a long season. 



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