GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



perfection. There are identified with the planting 

 of spring and summer, however, many plants which, 

 if set in the ground at these seasons, at once accom- 

 modate themselves to the soil and begin to grow 

 vigorously. 



Among the trees, there are those that stand a much 

 better chance of success if planted or moved in the 

 spring than at other times of the year. The Japanese 

 maples, flowering cherries, magnolias, sweet gums, 

 the oaks, the beeches, and the birches - — all desirable 

 trees to plant outside a seashore garden — are among 

 those that, unless attended by unusually favorable 

 circumstances, have uncertain chances of establishing 

 themselves well if planted at any other time than in 

 the spring. 



In places where intense summer heat and a pro- 

 longed drought are habitual, the conditions governing 

 the planting seasons are naturally so altered that this 

 practise must frequently be changed. In fact, climate 

 and situation must always be regarded as the great 

 modifier of planting rules. There comes into play, 

 besides, the proverbial luck of certain individuals who 

 appear to be able to put a stick into the ground at 

 any time of the year and to see it blossom like the 

 rose. 



Similarly with trees, success is more easily attained 

 with certain shrubs that do well at the seashore if they 

 are planted in the spring rather than in the autumn. 

 Weigelias, snowballs, roses of Sharon, deutzias, azaleas, 

 and ever-blooming roses are customarily reserved for 

 spring planting. 



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