THE GARDEN AT HOME 



as the most natural planting, a screen of leaf-losing trees. 

 There are many from which to choose, although we can, 

 perhaps, select nothing better than those named ; some 

 of them may give us fruit as well as blossom. But, after 

 all, in this case fruit is quite a minor consideration, and 

 we may choose just as freely from ornamental flower- 

 ing shrubs, such, for instance, as double White Cherry ; 

 Veitch's Cherry, which has great pink blossom bunches 

 that remind one of nothing so much as the now familiar 

 pictures of spring time in Japan ; Abbe David's Almond 

 (Prunus davidiana), which has pink flowers and opens 

 first of all ; Snowy Mespilus (Amelanchier canadensis) , 

 that smothers its bare shoots with beautiful white blossom 

 in April ; those exquisite rose - red - flowered Peaches 

 of which flore-roseo-pleno is perhaps the best ; the 

 Siberian Crab ; and that most loved of all the flowering 

 Apples, Pyrus floribunda. All these blossom in spring 

 and in autumn ; some have beautiful leaves, and the 

 Crab has fruits good to look upon if not to eat, though 

 they make delicious jelly. 



If we decide to make a covered way all round the 

 garden we shall have opportunities of using many most 

 charming climbing plants, as well as other trees and 

 shrubs not mentioned. For instance, we shall be able 

 to use, as they should be, but unfortunately seldom 

 are, used, the Wistaria and Laburnum. Then what a 

 perfect home for those glorious climbing Roses in which 

 our collections are now so rich ! There they find ideal con- 



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