SHRUBS FOR PLANTING 



With the exception of the snowballs, the Viburnums, 

 for the most part, bear flat heads of fleecy looking, 

 white flowers, not particularly effective. For this 

 reason these shrubs are not so valuable for their flowers 

 as for their colored berries and their brilliant autumn 

 foliage. V. tomentosum, the Japanese single snowball, 

 ripens its berries as early as August, and its plicated, 

 amber-colored leaves make it a leader of autumnal 

 beauty. V. dentatum, or arrow wood, is useful to 

 fill moist places, but is not particularly desirable for 

 the lawn or entrance into the garden. , 



The bloom of the fringe tree, Chionanthus Virginicus, 

 is identified with June, and casts over this attractive 

 relative of the ash a look of having been artificially 

 decorated. Indeed, the loose panicles of fringelike 

 blossoms give it an air apart, one quite distinct and 

 lovely. It does well in shady places, illuminating 

 its surroundings, and is also admirable in prominent 

 places on the lawn, as throughout the year its form 

 is very pleasing. This low growing tree does not like 

 much pruning. In fact, without clipping it becomes 

 more beautiful each year. 



Many of the most perfect shrubs that I have seen 

 were those that had not been fretted with much pruning. 

 As a rule, shrubs have a very individual and excellent 

 manner of growth and require, instead of severe pruning 

 merely a little helping out in the case of unforeseen 

 difficulties. For so perverse are the ways of nature, 

 that occasionally a shrub with a pendulous habit will 

 send up a shoot as tall and straight as if it were aimed 

 for the sky. To retain, then, the character of the shrub, 



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