410 TREES, SHRUBS, VINES, AND FLOWERS 



permanent beds ; but usually better plants are obtained 

 by seeding in hotbeds or boxes of earth and transplanting 

 to the open ground. Frequently the plants come into 

 blossom a month earlier when grown in this manner, and 

 a longer flowering season is thus obtained. 



The kinds of annuals are so numerous that a selection is 

 largely a matter of personal preference. The sweet alys- 

 sum, dusty miller, candytuft, and lobelia make excellent 

 edging plants. For summer flower displays, nasturtium, 

 petunia, coxcomb, verbena, annual phlox, poppy, salvia, 

 zinnia, and balsam are all easily grown and very effective. 

 Portulaca is well adapted for covering dry, sandy banks. 

 Heliotrope, marguerite, and mignonette furnish our gar- 

 dens with delightful fragrance. 



EXERCISES 



1. Name some of the important spring flowering shrubs, 

 both wild and cultivated, of your locality. Name some of the 

 summer and fall flowering shrubs. 



2. Do you know of any ornamental shrubs of special value 

 for their foliage effects? For their fruit? For the color of 

 their bark? 



3. Name some shrubs especially valuable for hedges. 



4. Name some shrubs used for the foreground planting of 

 masses. For background planting. 



5. Name as many shrubs as you can that are planted on 

 your home grounds. On the school grounds. 



6. What is a deciduous tree? 



7. Explain the proper method of transplanting a tree. 



8. Name and describe some trees that are valuable as street 

 trees. As lawn trees. 



9. Name and describe from sample branches six important 

 ornamental vines of your locality. 



