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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1907 



The old common lilac with its fragrant flowers is 

 still among the best all-around shrubs 



For flowering under the shade of large trees and 

 on any soil, the weigela is unequaled 



The hawthorns are valuable specimen shrubs or 

 small trees, and equally esteemed for hedges 



The Best Twelve Flowering Shrubs— Continued 



COMMON NAME 



Van Houtte's spirea 



Mock orange 



Anthony Waterer spirea 



Rose of Sharon 



Hardy hydrangea 



STANDARD NAME 



Spircea Van Hoitltei.... 



Philadelphus corona- 

 rius 



Spiraa Burnalda, var. 



A nthony Waterer . . . 



Hibiscus Syriacus 



H. paniculala, var 

 grandi/lara 



HEIGHT 



(feet) 



6... 













8... 





June 



June 



July 



August 



September 



The most showy of the spireas; flowers in umbels two inches 

 across. Handsome foliage all summer. 



Most fragrant white large-flowered shrub. Valuable for tall 

 screen, flowering on wood of previous year. Fl'rs i-i-in. across. 



The only shrub of its period. Flowers crimson-red pro- 

 duced successively for six weeks. Good for edging. 



The only tall shrub of late summer. Good for hedges 

 and screens. Very hardy; leafs late. 



The most showy of all the summer shrubs. White flowers, 

 heads becoming pink and persisting all winter. 



Plant in a conspicuous place with ample room. Cut out 



flowering wood in summer. Thrives anywhere. 

 Old wood needs cutting out from time to time, as the tree 



gets very ragged if let alone. 

 Prune off old flower heads as soon as withered to induce 



good second crop. 

 Must be planted very early in the fall if at all. Select 



varieties with white or clear rose flowers. 

 Prune very severely in winter for quantity of flowers next 



year; leave alone for large trusses. 



Formal or Avenue Trees 



The word "avenue" is here used in its old sense of a formal approach to a house or to some worthy creation of architecture or 

 sculpture. (Our real estate dealers have quite spoiled the word by using it to mean "wide street"). For this purpose the ideal tree is 

 (i) evergreen; (2) of geometrical form; (3) of a decorative rather than picturesque or flowering character; (4) of medium size — not 

 overpowering. The most dignified avenue tree in this sense is the laurel (Primus Lauro-Cerasus) because it has the widest leaf and a bright 

 fresh green, but we have no broad-leaved formal evergreen suitable for avenue use in America. Among conifers the best columnar avenue 

 trees for subtropical regions are the true cypresses, and for the North, red cedar and arborvitae. None of these can be planted in late fall. 



The ideal tree for formal gardens is (1) of restricted size so as not to make too dense a shade or to inhibit growth of flowers; 

 (2) evergreen; (3) broad-leaved. This means the bay tree (Laurus nobilis) which has to be grown in tubs and taken indoors for winter. Box 



There is no American tree equivalent to the bay tree 

 (which is tender) for formal avenues 



The Norway maple is the best deciduous tree for The live oaK is the avenue tree of the South, quite 

 lining a drive. It is semi-formal distinct from anything elsewhere 



