SHRUBS, AND HOW TO PLANT THEM 277 



The Syringa grows to a hight of eight or 

 ten feet, branches freely, and becomes a most at- 

 tractive shrub for a prominent location. It blooms 

 very profusely, having white flowers with a fragrance 

 like that of the Orange. On this account it is pop- 

 ularly known as Mock Orange. 



The Deutzias are lovely plants : D. crenata Hore 

 plena is a double variety, with clusters of pure white 

 drooping flowers; D. gracilis is a more slender 

 grower, with graceful delicate white flowers pro- 

 duced so freely as to almost cover the branches. 



The Flowering Sumach is one of our most useful 

 shrubs where a strong, tall grower is required. It has 

 finely divided foliage, and its flowers of creamy white 

 have such an airy, graceful look about them that they 

 give one the impression of plumes ; excellent for cut- 

 ting, as the flowers combine charmingly with all other 

 colors. 



The Halesia, or Silver Bell, is an did favorite; it 

 is a tall, strong-growing shrub, having pendulous, bell- 

 shaped flowers of pure white. 



The Purple-leaved Berberry is an excellent shrub 

 for use among light colored plants, on account of its 

 rich, dark foliage. If this is planted beside of, or near, 

 the golden-leaved Weigelia the efifect is rich and 

 striking. If you can give it a place where it will 

 have some such flower as the yellow Hollyhock, or 

 Goldenrod, for a background, its beautiful color will 

 be thrown out with very pleasing efifect. 



We have many good native shrubs. Some of the 

 Alders are lovely ornaments of the garden when 

 they are planted in front of evergreens. The con- 

 trast between their brilliant red berries and the dark 

 green of Spruce or Arbor Vitae is very fine, and gives 

 one a thrill of pleasure when seen through falling 

 anow, or when the ground is white. 



