206 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



but this is so subject to the attack of insects that it has been 

 discarded for the Japanese species. 



JAPANESE SNOWBALL ( V. plicatum), Fig. 110. The 

 leaves of this shrub are of a bright green color and with a 

 beautifully plicated or plaited surface; the sterile flowers are 

 borne in large clusters, are pure white, very perfect, and 

 much superior to the native snowball-bush. It is difficult 

 to transplant when of large size, but young shrubs can be 

 transplanted with little or no difficulty. 



Hoses. 



More people appreciate the beauty and value of the rose 

 than that of any other flower, but comparatively few suc- 

 ceed in growing it to its greatest perfection. It succeeds 

 best in a deep rich soil, rather moist and of somewhat a 

 clayey nature. More persons fail in growing the rose from 

 not making the soil rich enough than from any other cause. 



Perhaps the best line of treatment is to spade the bed 18 

 to 24 inches deep, working in fine rotted cow manure and 

 leaf mould to the full depth, and every fall banking up 

 against each plant a foot or more with rich stable manure 

 for protection. In the spring this manure should be 

 spread on the surface of the bed and spaded in, and if the 

 soil is not too thin and dry a good growth and an abun- 

 dance of blossoms will result. 



PRUNING. In pruning the work may be done either in 

 the fall or in March, the latter time being generally pre- 

 ferred. In this work the bushes should be so pruned as to 

 obtain a limited number of as strong canes as possible. 

 The stronger the canes the larger will be the flowers. All 

 weak shoots should be either severely cut back or entirely 

 removed and the strong canes headed back one half or two 



