MIDSEASON FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 39 



Taking a lesson from Dame Nature every well-ordered 

 garden should be so stocked that a succession of 

 flowers be maintained. 



At summer resorts the gardeners' efforts are largely 

 directed toward the growing of plants which blossom 

 from the beginning of July to mid-September. Her- 

 baceous perennials, tender herbaceous exotics, and 

 certain bulbous plants, together with a few shrubs 

 such as Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus), the Hardy 

 Hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata), and the Tender 

 Hydrangea or Hortensia (H. opuloides, commonly 

 known as H. hortensis), and H. opuloides, var. otaksa 

 are utilized to produce the necessary display of 

 flowers. Without being critical it may be said that 

 there is a sameness in the floral displays of most sum- 

 mer gardens which is varied only by design and quan- 

 tity. There is no particular reason for being dissat- 

 isfied, but, among woody plants which flower during 

 this season a much greater variety could advantage- 

 ously be grown and much beauty and charm added 

 thereby. The number though relatively small is 

 much greater than many suppose. Some of these 

 plants are natives of eastern North America, a good 

 many are indigenous in China and Japan, whilst others 

 hail from various parts of Europe and temperate Asia. 

 Some of these I now propose to discuss in brief detail. 



