SHRUBS UNDER TREES 247 



Of these the best are the common and White Brooms, 

 Azalea pontica, Genista virgata, Philadelphus, Forsythias, 

 and Daphne Mezereum. The shrubby Spiraeas may 

 also be used sparingly in a fairly light and open 

 place, though plenty of sun is required as a rule 

 to enable them to flower properly. In addition, 

 though their flowers are insignificant, Comus alba, 

 with its red stems in winter, the Snowberry {Symphori- 

 carpus racemosus), which is laden every year with 

 white berries long after the leaves have fallen. 



The question about shrubs growing under trees 

 is so frequently asked that the names of those most 

 successful are given, but generally the beauty of the 

 tree is lost when smothered up with evergreens and 

 other shrubs beneath its spreading branches. A tree 

 is a picture in itself, and it is pleasant to see the 

 grass creep to the branch edge and then cease, leaving 

 a brown earth patch under the canopy of foliage. 



