SHRUBS AND SHRUBBERIES 151 



size and flowering shrubs that might be named; 

 and though all have some special want of soil or 

 climate or aspect, yet after all a very small amount 

 of care will content most of them, and even this 

 short list will suffice to show how needless it is 

 in these days to have shrubberies dotted over with 

 a repetition of common evergreens interspersed 

 with an occasional thuya or " retinospera " to give 

 some semblance of variety to the monotony of the 

 planting which may be seen in nine gardens out 

 of ten. 



