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after they are well started, and producing annually some of the most 

 beautiful flowers. If care and good judgment is used in selecting 

 varieties, many different forms and colors can be obtained, and also 

 shrubs that will give a continual bloom from early spring to the frosts 

 of fall. Beginning with the Japan Quince, Cydonia Japonica, with 

 its scarlet flowers early in spring before the leaves are developed, 

 closely followed by the P'orsythias with thin, yellow, bulb-shaped 

 flowers ; then comes the Spirea. The Spirea Thumbergii, with its 

 small, star-shaped flowers, bending beneath its load of white, looks 

 as if the winter's snow still covered the branches ; the foliage of this 

 shrub is very fine and graceful, which makes it a desirable shrub for 

 the foliage alone. The Deutzias now come with their white and pink 

 and white flowers, followed by the different varieties of Spireas, 

 Weigelias. Honeysuckles, Altheas (Rose of Sharon) Hydrangeas, 

 etc., giving a succession of bloom the season through. In planting 

 all kinds of flowering plants, whether it be the tender annuals, the 

 hardy perennials or our flowering shrubs, in every case make the soil 

 rich and give the plants the care they require, and at the proper 

 time, for in this way alone will the best results be obtained and 

 plants grown that will be a credit and source of enjoyment to the 

 owner. 



J. W. Clark, Chairman. 



