SHRUBS 2G1 



land) comes into bloom earlier and of this va- 

 riety there is a hybrid known as Spivcca arguta 

 which is considered by many to be the showiest 

 of all the earlier blooming spiraeas. 



SEASON FOR PLANTING 



In the matter of determining the season for 

 planting, whether it shall be spring or fall, no 

 fixed rule can be given. In any event plant early 

 enough, if the spring be selected, to insure the 

 plant's establishing itself before the hot suns 

 of summer scorch it, and if the fall season be 

 chosen, set the plants early enough in autumn 

 to insure their becoming ' established bfefore 

 hard freezing begins. Evergreens should be 

 planted very early in spring or in August. 

 After the shrubs are once established most of 

 them, save for an occasional pruning, will take 

 care of themselves, but it is always well to have 

 on hand a little ammoniacal carbonate of cop- 

 per ready to be diluted and to be applied to the 

 shrubs in the form of a spray for all fungus 

 attacks, and a little hellebore and similar 

 poison to preserve them from the onslaught of 

 destructive insects. 



Whether deciduous or evergreen shrubs are 

 used their value as ornaments for the small city 



