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and several are adapted to any purpose. But a simple 

 classification is of considerable help in making selections. 



Shrubs for Single Specimens 



Some of those especially suitable for single specimens on 

 the lawn or about the grounds are hardy hydrangeas {Hy- 

 drangea paniculata, var. grandiflora and H. arborescens, 

 var. grandiflora); the Mock Orange {Philadelphus) ; Lilacs 

 (Syringa), of which there are many fine new varieties 

 not yet generally known but as easy to grow as the old 

 sorts; the beautiful Japanese maples, with foliage of many 

 shades of color and striking forms; that old, early-flowering 

 favorite of unequaled fragrance, the Strawberry shrub 

 (Calycanthus floridus); Viburnum; Smoke tree (Rhus 

 cotinus) ; White Fringe (Chionanthus Virginica) ; Buddleia, 

 the butterfly shrub, of which splendid new varieties have 

 recently been introduced; Rose of Sharon (AUhea); and 

 the universally popular but quite indispensable Deutzias, 

 Weigelas, Forsythias and Spireas, some of the newer varie- 

 ties of which, though one seldom hears about them, are 

 just as great improvements over older sorts as are the newer 

 varieties of roses and annuals that are brought to the at- 

 tention of every flower lover. 



For Beds and Borders 



Shrubs for use in mass planting, in the shrubbery border, 

 or for screen plantings along the boundary lines, may be 

 considered in high-growing and low-growing groups. In 

 plantings of any size they are generally used together, and 

 in disposing them the tallest things should always be kept 

 at the back, grading down to the lowest at the front. The 

 shrubbery border, unlike the hardy border and the flower 

 beds, is usually made with an irregular or wavy outhne and 

 varies greatly in width, so that alternate recesses or bays 

 and projections or promontories are formed, and the more 

 informal or natural this outHne can be made the more pleas- 



