CHAPTER XII. 



ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS, CLIMBING VINES, AND HEDGE 

 PLANTS. 



FLOWERING shrnbs and those with brilliantly colored 

 foliage are to ornamental gardening what the finishing 

 touches are to the picture or the varnishing is to furniture. 

 They help to fill out the well-rounded forms of groups of 

 trees and, possessing more variety of colors of flowers and 

 foliage than the large trees, they add beautiful bits of color 

 to often otherwise tame garden-work. Being small in size, 

 they are especially useful in planting places of small ex- 

 tent, are comparatively inexpensive, and reach maturity 

 in a very short time. They are very useful in ornamenting 

 the foreground where it is desired to take in views above 

 and beyond the limits of small grounds, and serve the pur- 

 pose of a setting or ornamentation close up to the dwelling 

 and over which may be viewed the more extended lawn 

 decoration. Among the most desirable are the following: 



Azalea, Pink. Pepper-bush, Sweet. 



Flame-colored. Dogwood, Red-twigged. 

 " Vasey's. " Variegated 



" Japanese. Filbert, Purple-leaved. 



Ghent. Quince, Japanese. 



Aralia, Hercules-club. Daphne. 



" Japanese. Deutzia, Double-flowered. 

 Barberry, Am. " Slender. 



" Dwarf. Weigela, Rose-flowered. 



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