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lished before freezing weather the more certain is the success 

 of the planting. 



When to Plant Shrubs 



The ornamental shrubs comprise the most important 

 group of plants for setting out in the fall. The proper time 

 for planting is just after the first hard frosts — from the 

 middle of September to the middle of November, according 

 to the latitude and location. But if you wait imtil the 

 hard frost comes before making your preparations and be- 

 fore engaging your stock you will be too late. Like the 

 evergreens, the shrubs when once planted will become per- 

 manent features of the place, and the task of planning where 



Fall planting. 1, Dwarf evergreens. 2, Large individual shrubs. 3, Tall shrubs for back- 

 grounds and screening. 4, Lower shrubs for foregrounds. 5, Low shrubs or bulbs for 

 edge of planting. 6, Tall informal hedge and street screen. 7, Formal or semi-formal 

 hedge along street. 8, Tail, dense evergreen hedge and wuidbreak north and west of 

 vegetable garden. 



they are to go should not be done in a hurry. Shrubs with 

 ornamental fohage and with colored berries and bark are 

 Just as beautiful as those which flower. Moreover, they 

 serve to brighten the landscape during fall and winter when 

 the deciduous flowering shrubs have lost their beauty. 



There is no "best way" of using shrubs; they are avail- 

 able for all sorts of purposes — hedges, windbreaks, screens, 

 masses, low and tall borders, single ornamental specimens, 

 and for everything between the stiff formality of the closely 



