HOW TO SET OUT SHRUBS 



could be planted, or Virginia creeper. In fact, the whole of a 

 wall like this would be delightful if planted with shrubs of a 

 rather "hanging-over" habit — Forsythia suspensa, Lespedeza 

 and Spiraea van Houttei. Of course, an arch over the entrance 

 and a hedge on either side would be a more satisfying treatment. 

 There are a few shrubs and ornamental trees which should 

 be planted warily. Among them are the following: Red- 

 leaved Japanese maples, variegated weigeUa, Catalpa Bungeii, 

 weeping mulberry, and the Colorado blue spruce. I do not 

 mean that there is anything wrong with the plants themselves 

 — they are interesting horticultural novelties; but the trouble 

 is that one can rarely make them fit. It is like strikingly un- 

 usual clothes and trying colors: they can be worn successfully 

 by some women with certain complexions and in exactly the 

 right combinations, but they are by no means easy to man- 

 age. Therefore, it is safer to make one's place look homelike 

 first and introduce novelties afterward; then one lays up for 

 himself no cause for after-repentance. 



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