104 BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
gled, with the taller species in the background, they 
present, at all seasons of the year, an interesting sight. 
Shrubs are divided into two classes—Deciduous and 
Evergreen. Deciduous shrubs are those which lose their 
leaves in autumn. However uninteresting the naked 
branches of this class of shrubs may appear, to the care- 
less observer, when denuded of their foliage, they are not 
devoid of beauty to the lover of nature; and, when min- 
gled with evergreens, are pleasing even in winter. The 
twigs of some species are red; others yellow, or various 
shades of brown; and then many are covered with a pro- 
fusion of berries, of different colors, which, contrasting 
with the evergreens, give a lively look to the shrubbery, 
even in the most dreary months. 
The culture of hardy shrubs is, in general, simple and: 
easy. The chief things to be noticed are,—the proper 
season for planting, the situation in which the plants will 
thrive, the kind of soil best suited to their growth, and 
the encouragement to be given to enable them to thrive 
afterwards. 
The proper season for Planting—As soon as the leaves 
begin to fall, in October, deciduous trees may be planted 
with safety, with few exceptions. Althzas, and some 
other sorts liable to be winter-killed, had better not be re- 
moved until spring. The spring planting, of all decidu- 
ous trees and shrubs, should be done as early as possible, 
—as soon as the ground can be worked to advantage, and 
before the buds begin to expand. 
Evergreens, in general, if carefully taken up, may be 
planted with success during most of the spring and sum- 
mer, provided dull and dripping weather be taken advan- 
tage of for that purpose. There are particular seasons, 
however, when they will thrive much more readily 
than at others. I have been as successful about the first 
ot June as at any other time, and have also succeeded in 
