CHAPTER XVII 



NATIVE SHKTJBS 



THE value of shrubs in producing fine 

 landscape-gardening effects appreciated more 

 and more each year. It is not necessary to 

 depend upon imported exotic shrubs, for the 

 choicest varieties are native to this country. 

 Nothing could be more decorative and satisfac- 

 tory than the beautiful native Viburnums and 

 Cornels, the Elders and wild Roses, and the 

 evergreen Kalmias and Rhododendrons. 



Within a short distance of every school in 

 this country there is plenty of material which 

 could be utilized for improving and beautifying 

 the school grounds, and for developing an 

 arboretum. Children should learn the beauty of 

 common things. It seems to require the edu- 

 cated taste of a trained landscape-gardener 

 to appreciate the beautiful groupings and masses 

 of shrubbery in the meadows and along the 

 roadsides. Nature is a good teacher, and sug- 

 gests many beautiful effects which would trans- 

 form the dreariness and barrenness of many 

 school yards. 



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