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GARDEN GUIDE 



These six shrubs would give one a good start in planting a wet place, 

 but they do not exhaust the list; many more could be added. 



FLOWERING THE BRANCHES OF SHRUBS INDOORS. Many persons 

 know that Pussy Willow when brought into the house opens very 

 nicely, but few avail themselves of the pleasures in store for them by 

 cutting the branches of a great many shrubs and trees early in the 

 Spring or late Winter, and bringing them indoors. The nearer Spring 

 the sooner will the buds pop into bloom. Shrubs should be chosen 

 which bloom upon wood of previous season and almost all early Spring 

 blooming trees and shrubs can be used. The shoots may simply be 

 placed in water and allowed to start naturally, but if they are placed 

 in a basement and sprayed several times a day with warm water they 

 will open much more quickly. The forced branches lend them- 

 selves to "Japanesy" arrangements and have a light grace which is 

 very charming. 



The following shrubs and trees are useful for treatment this way : 



Light 



Bladder Senna (Colutea arborescens) . 



yellow. 



Cornelian Cherry (Cornus Mas). Yellow. 

 Deutzia gracilis. White. 

 Flowering Almond. (Prunus triloba). Pink. 

 Flowering Currant (Ribes aureum) . Yellow. 

 Fragrant Honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrant- 



issima). White and pinkish. 

 Golden Bell (Forsythia suspensa, viridissima, 



Fortunei). Forces very quickly. Yellow. 

 Hazle (Corylus americana). Brown. 

 Japanese Cherry (Cerasus rosea plena) . Pink. 

 Japanese Quince (Cydonia japonica). Pink 



and red, very beautiful. 



Kerria japonica. Yellow. 



Mock Orange (Philadelphus) . White. 



Parkman's Crab (Pyrus Halliana). Deep 



pink. 



Pea Tree (Caragana frutescens) . Yellow. 

 Pearl Bush (Exochorda grandiflora) . White. 

 Pussy Willow (Salix discolor). Gray. 



Forces very quickly. 

 Red Bud (Cercis canadensis and japonica) . 



Pinkish lavender. 

 Shad Bush (Amelanchier canadensis and 



botryapium). White and pink. 

 Thunberg's Spiraea (Spircsa Thunbergii) 



White, light and airy; very good. 



LIST OF BLOOMING DATES OF TREES, SHRUBS 

 AND CLIMBERS 



T-TREE S-SHRUB C-CLIMBER 



*Indicates that blooming period is likely to extend beyond the date under which it is classed 



(Revised from a list by Samuel N. Baxter) 

 April 1 to 15 



Botanical Name 

 *Daphne Mezereum album 



Lonicera fragrantissima. . 



Cornus Mas 



*Magnolia stellata 



*Forsythia suspensa 



*Acer rubrum 



*Acer platanqides 



*Benzoin sestivale 



Spiraea Thunbergii 

 April 16 to 30. 



Magnolia conspicua Yulan 



Magnolia Soulangeana Soulange's Magnolia 



Magnolia Kobus Japanese Magnolia 



Cerasus Avium alba, and rosea 



plena Double-flowering Cherry.. T 



Common Name 

 . . Mezereon Daphne 

 . . Bush Honeysuckle. ...".. .S 



. . Cornelian Cherry S 



. . Dwarf Magnolia S 



. . Weeping Golden Bell S 



..Red Maple . . .T 



. . Norway Maple 



. .Spice Bush S 



. .Thunberg's Spiraea. 



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White, pink 



