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after it was all finished and growing finely we 

 subjected it to the critical inspection and en- 

 dorsement of experts — our friends! 



The grouping effect of flowering shrubs is 

 very pleasing. Here are the white and purple 

 lilacs, the scent of which is so delicate at night 

 or after a shower, deutzias, syringas, bridal 

 wreath, Japanese snowball far better than the 

 old varieties; rose of Sharon, the new double 

 white and pink kinds blossoming in August, re- 

 minding one of camelias ; splendid hydrangeas, 

 the Paniculata Grandiflora, but the name don't 

 begin with the great heads of white bloom, 

 changing to dull pink and lasting six long weeks. 

 Forsythia sometimes called Sunshine Bush and 

 by far the prettiest name; quince Japonica, its 

 fruit so fragrant for the bureau ; mountain lau- 

 rel, waxy and rich of color; azalias, smoke tree 

 or purple fringe; magnolia stellela, flowering 

 gradually, making a showy display; spirea, a 

 pretty bush with its plumes of pinkish flowers; 

 red twigged dogwood and Japanese barberry 

 out border lines because in winter time they 

 brighten the picture with their red branches and 

 redder berries. That Crimson Climber blos- 

 soms endlessly because it is near the kitchen 

 door and so is the trumpet vine; it brings the 

 Ruby Throats, those wee-winged mites seeming 



