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or bark should be mixed together ; the display is 

 more pleasurable when they are kept apart. 



Having determined on the sites to be planted, 

 use white stakes for marking the outline, and plant 

 boldly. The ground should be thoroughly trenched, 

 and poor land well enriched with farmyard manure, 

 and the planting proceeded with either in spring or 

 early autumn. This planting will apply to dwarf- 

 growing subjects. I will first of all deal with the 

 deciduous section. 



Aronia floribunda. — A delightful plant when 

 grown as a bush, bearing sweetly-scented Hawthorn- 

 like flowers in May, very effective, and succeeded 

 by a wealth of deep-purple berries in autumn. This 

 should also receive an annual pruning during winter 

 or early spring. Allow a distance of 2 feet 6 inches 

 between the plants, which are well suited for any 

 purpose. The ground should be kept clean under- 

 neath it. 



Pyrus arbutifolia is a synonym. 



Berberis Thunbergi. — Few deciduous shrubs 

 can excel this for its beautiful foliage during autumn, 

 and it deserves to be planted more extensively. In 

 no position is it seen to better advantage than when 

 in large masses over bold pieces of rock. The 

 shrub should not be pruned, but allowed to retain 

 its natural habit, and will succeed in almost any 

 soil. No plant is better adapted for such positions, 



Berberis vulgaris purpureis. — This has deep- 

 purple foliage of a very pleasing shade, and it bears 

 bright-scarlet berries in autumn, succeeds best on 



