HOW TO SET OUT SHRUBS 



Fig. 5. Planting an empty corner 



has beautiful foliage of a green, summer luxuriance, and from 

 November until it blooms in May shows buds like clusters 

 of unopened lily-of-the-valley. In the summer, porch-boxes 

 filled with Lobb's nasturtiums would give gayety enough. 

 But if your porch is 

 high, say, four feet from 

 the ground, then taller- 

 growing shrubs would 

 be necessary. In this 

 case Spiraea van Houttei 

 would be the best choice, 

 or for a north side rho- 

 dodendrons. 



Suppose your house 

 is irregular — then the 

 shrub-planting must follow the type of house as the Constitu- 

 tion follows the flag. Here (Fig. 3) Spircea van Houttei cuts 

 off a porch from observation, and a single plant of Hydrangea 

 paniculata is at the side of the steps. In place of the hy- 

 drangea, a magnolia could be planted here — Soulangeana or 

 stellata; or, if it is on the north side, a single rhododendron. 

 Between the woodbine and the spiraea could go perennials. 



When a few shrubs are 

 placed about a kitchen 

 door or beside an "L" such 

 as one often sees in New 

 England, they should be 

 fairly close to the house. 

 The shrubs suggested here 

 are: (1) lilac, (2) bush honeysuckle, (3) grape-vine, (4) flowering 

 almond, (5) syringa. With these one need not fear mischief 

 wrought by hens. (See Fig. 4, p. 134). 



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Pig. 6. Shrubs at a driveway entrance 



