GOOD TREES AND SHRUBS 



THERE are now so many beautiful trees and shrubs available 

 for garden decoration that it has become difficult for those 

 who are not intimately acquainted with them to make a suit- 

 able selection. Therefore in the following list only those kinds 

 which are of the greatest beauty and usefulness are mentioned, 

 but all those enumerated are adapted for small gardens as 

 well as for those of pretentious dimensions. 



During the last twelve years a great many new trees and 

 shrubs have been introduced, and the opportunity has been 

 seized of including a number of the more useful ones with the 

 older and better-known kinds which were included in the first 

 edition of this work. 



In gardens where a representative collection of trees and 

 shrubs is grown there is something of interest to see throughout 

 the year. For during the earlier days of January several showy 

 and interesting plants are at their best, and it is only necessary 

 to allude to the quaint blossoms of the various Hamamelis, 

 the fragrant flowers of Lonicera fragrantissima and L. Stan- 

 dishiiy the golden beauty of Jasminum nudiflorum and the 

 fragrant blossoms of the Winter Sweet, Chimonanthusfragrans, 

 to remind one of the variety to be obtained at that early 

 period. 



Before the flowers of these are well over we find Garrya 

 elliptzcaj the Mezereon, early Heaths, the common Dogwood, 

 and various other shrubs coming into bloom, to be closely 

 followed by Forsythias, other Heaths, Spiraeas, Magnolias, 

 Berberis, Plums, and Cherries, and many other choice plants, 

 until during May and June we reach the climax with Rhodo- 

 dendrons and Azaleas, which form perhaps the most brilliant 

 display of all, although the various garden Lilacs flowering 

 about the same time run them close for popularity. From 

 the end of June onwards the number of shrubs in flower 

 decreases, but some continue right on to late autumn, when 

 the early subjects take their places. 



Another feature which is worth considering in connection 



with trees and shrubs is the bright colour of the bark of 



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