BOOK II. 



SHRUBS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES. 



901 



HARDY CLIMBING SHRUBS. JULY continued. 



&V74. The propagation and culture of shrubs being the same as that for trees, we combine both subjects 

 in the catalogue of arboriculture in the succeeding book. 



SECT. III. Selections of Shrubs for particular Purposes. 



6575. The particular purposes to which shrubs, like flowers, may be applied, are the 

 concealment of deformities or imperfections, and the production of particular beauties or 

 desirable effects. We shall here select the names of a few for concealing vertical and 

 horizontal deformity ; for producing an immediate effect as to bulk ; for producing ve- 

 getation under the shade and drip of trees ; for ornamenting water and rocks ; for form- 

 ing edges and hedges ; for diffusing agreeable odors ; for being ornamental by their 

 fruit ; and for economical or botanical purposes. 



SUBSECT. 1. Shrubs for concealing vertical and horizontal Deformities. 



6576. Vertical deformities may either be concealed by the rapid and tall growing sorts (Subsect 2 ) or 

 by the climbers or twiners, either deciduous or evergreen. The climbers may be nailed to a wall or fence 

 or tied to a trellis, or allowed to climb on branches and spray ; for the twiners, tall sticks or poles are 

 necessary. 



6/577. Horizontal deformities may be concealed by rapid-growing bushy plants, by allowing climbers 

 and trailers to spread over them, or by the proper trailers and creepers of the hardiest kinds, a few of 

 which are these : 



I Evergreens. Rosa sempervirens, Vinca 

 major and minor. 



Deciduous. Rosa arvensis, Rubus fruti- I 

 cosus, Cissus hederacea, Cytisus su- | 



pinus, Genista decumbens, 

 repens. 



SUBSECT. 2. Shrubs of rapid and bulky Growth. 



6578. Shrubs of rapid and bulky growth are often desirable to produce immediate effect in laying out 

 pleasure-grounds, as well as for producing shelter, and concealing objects. 



SUBSECT. 3. Shrubs which thrive under the Shade and Drip of Trees. 



6579. Shrubs which grow under the shade of trees are found in practice to be a most valuable class for 

 filling up blanks in old shrubberies, or screen plantations ; and thus producing greenness, variety, and a 

 healthy aspect, instead of emptiness, haggard stems of trees, or mere ghosts of plants. 



aquifolium, Ligustrum vulg. semper 

 vir. Viburnum tinus, t. fol. arg. t. fol 

 aur. t. hirtum, t. lucidum. 

 Climbers. Clematis vitalba. v. canaden 

 sis, Hedera helix e, h. fol. arg. mac 

 e, h. fol. aur. mac. e, h. fol. arg. var 

 e, h. fol. aur. var. e, h. fol. maximis 

 Lonicera periclymenum, pi. flo. albo 

 Rosa arvensis ev, repanda, Vinca, 

 major e, minor e, m. fol. aift < 

 fol. aur. , m. flo. pleno. 



Deciduous. Cornus alba, altemifolia, 

 florida, sanguinea, Corylus avellana, 

 Daphne alpina 3 mezereum, m. flo. 

 albo 3, m. serotina 3 *, Euonymus 

 angustifolius 3, latifolius 3, verru- 

 rosus 3 *, Hypericum hircinum, h. 

 minor, prolificum, Ligustrum vulgare, 

 v. fruc. flavo, v. fol. variegatis, Loni- 

 cera symphoricarpus 3, tartarica, 

 I xylosteum, Mespilus tomentosa, Rosa 

 , rv. sibirica, arvensis, Rubus occiden- 



talis, odoratus, trivialis, villosus, Sam- 

 bucus nigra fol. var. n. alba, n. laci- 

 niata, racemosa, Spiraea canadensis 3, 

 thalictroides 3. 



Evergreens. Aucuba japonica 3, Bux- 

 us, sempervirens, s. angustifol. s. aur. 

 var. s. are. var. s. nana, Cistus ca- 

 nadensis, Daphne cneorum 3, c. fol. 

 var. collina 3 *, laureola, 1. fol. var. 

 Ephedra distachya, monostachya, Hy- 

 pericum androsaemum, calycinum, Ilex 



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