THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM 



Notice in this picture the placing of these great 

 lilac-trees, for such they are become. They are 

 far enough from each other to have reached their 

 best development of form; they make a hedge or 

 screen of interesting type between walk and road; 

 they are so placed that the trees in the distance 

 afford a delicate backgroimd of green for the strong 

 outlines of flowering lilac in the foreground. 



In such ways have all these plantings been 

 thought out. Here for the amateur gardener are 

 four matters to be learned by one glance at this 

 picture, or, better yet, by visiting the spot — the 

 infinite variety of beautiful lilacs he may get if he 

 wants them, their value as a screen, their beauty 

 in the border, and their use in the composing of an 

 open-air picture. And besides lilacs — to mention 

 one or two other shrubs — the loniceras, the vi- 

 burnums. The former, L. Maackii, has larger \ 

 white flowers than any of the bush honeysuckles. \ 

 The bright-red fruit is very handsome, and re- \ 

 mains on the branches long after the leaves have 

 fallen. In these bush honeysuckles alone, mag- 

 nificent subjects for our gardens, estates, and 

 parks, we have treasure untold for fine effects. 

 They must have room, but their rapid growth and 

 superb appearance deserve the space they need. 



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