JAPANESE ROSE 



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blossoms and its clean-looking foliage make it very at- 

 tractive. Growing only to a height of three to five feet, 

 it is especially desirable for planting about the home and 

 in the . foreground of higher growing shrubs. It is very 

 hardy and does well in partly shaded locations. 



Hardy Hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata grandiflord). 



-This is a very attractive shrub, producing excellent flower 



effects in late summer and fall. It is not entirely hardy 



Fig. 208. Japanese snowball. 



in many of the northern sections and therefore needs a 

 favored location and a rich soil. It is especially desirable 

 for formal effects and should be pruned well back in early 

 spring to produce the best flowers. 



Japanese Rose (Rosa rugosa). --The Japanese rose is 

 a favored shrub valued especially for its vigorous dark-green 

 foliage and its large, single-petaled flowers that are pro- 

 duced continuously during late spring and summer. The 

 flowers are succeeded by large red hips which are almost as 



