FLOWERING SHRUBS. 39 



all the shrubs of this description that I should 

 think desirable for a small garden ; and I must 

 caution you against placing any one of them in 

 the middle of the flower beds, as is usually 

 done by young gardeners, who are not aware 

 how soon they grow too large for the place in 

 which they are planted, and shade the border ; 

 besides, in the summer, they have a very ugly, 

 dingy look. 



The only time at which evergreens appear 

 to advantage is during the winter: even then 

 they should be planted in large masses, and 

 your garden is too small to allow of this being 

 done. 



Flowering shrubs, which have grown too 

 luxuriant or straggling, should be cut and tied 

 up, their suckers taken away, (which may be 

 planted where they are most wanted, to fill up 

 vacant spaces,) and the earth should be dug 



