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forth blossoms in April; then the Lilac in May; 

 Spirea in June; Deutzia in July; the Smoke 

 Bush in August; Hydrangeas in September 

 and the Witch Hazel in October. These hardy 

 species would respond to cultivation in any 

 garden having good soil. These shrubs are 

 neither rare nor expensive and are commonly 

 in all nursery stocks. This little garden also 

 contained Mahonia, Barberry and Deutzia 

 (Gracilis) in the shaded positions, where they 

 flourished happily, though long ago the tall 

 Barberry variety was rooted out for alert sci- 

 entists had discovered that this species encour- 

 aged the vicious grain rust. St. John's Wort 

 and the Japanese Rose [Kerria Japomca) 

 were there to give two months' successive 

 bloom. Honeysuckles {Lonicera), Bramble 

 {Buhus), Red Osier, Buckthorn and Snow 

 Berry lent ornamental fruit pods to Autumn's 

 array. Perhaps of all the shrubs the Lilac and 

 the Syringa were the best loved. The flowers 

 of the Forsythia, Syringa, Spirea, and Vibur- 

 num, Lilac and Weigela being borne on old 

 stems required that these shrubs should be 

 pruned immediately after blossoming for best 



