Weeping Japanese cherry. One of the best white flowering 
trees for lawns. June. Always plant stone fruits in spring 
a moet a 4 
Japanese maples. Best orna- 
mental dwarf deciduous trees 
Plant the birch where its 
white bark will be seen 
The magnolias bear their 
large 1owers before the leaves 
Plant conifers as shelters or as backgrounds for early flowering trees Yuccas are the most conspicuously flowered evergreen plants of low sta 
The dogwoods give white 
flowers even in partial shade 
What Must be Planted in Spring— 
YOU WILL LOSE A YEAR IN THE DEVELOP: ~ | 
OVER LISTS NOW—BETTER CHECK OFF | 
OU will find it the truest economy to plant certain trees and shrubs this spring 
for two reasons. First, they keep on growing for you, year in and year 
out, with practically no care or expense after planting, and therefore, the sooner 
you plant them the quicker you get rid of the raw, crude look that is so distressing 
on a new place or an insufficiently planted one. Second, if you postpone planting 
till autumn the chances are perhaps five to one that you will lose a year in the 
development of your place, since a large percentage of the showiest and most in- 
teresting plants cannot be safely set after September 15th, or only with special 
precautions and extra expense. ei 
I. FLOWERING, SHOWY LEAVED AND SHADE TREES 
The most urgent question to decide is whether you want any beeches, birches 
or larches, because these start into growth exceptionally early in spring and should 
be planted while dormant, or say before April rst. The first two are so thin barked | 
that they are risky for fall planting unless the trunks are wrapped with straw. 
BercueEs. All kinds, including the lovely purple, copper and fern-leaved beeches. 
Bircues. All kinds, including the loveliest cf all — the cut-leaved, weeping, European birch. 
Docwoop, Frowerinc. Showiest hardy native tree. Aiso the exquisite pink and the dainty Japanese. 
Franxuin Tree. Showiest autumn-blooming tree. Worth any amount of coddling. (Gordonia pubescens. 
Javanese Mapres. The most valuable low-growing specimen trees with highly colored leaves. 
Larcues.* Most popular of deciduous conifers, because of tender light green in early spring. 
Maenorias. The largest individual flowers of all hardy trees — often six inches across. 
Swere1 Gum. Widest range of autumn colors of all hardy trees. Starry leaves. 
Tutie Tree. Yellowand orange flowers three to four inches across. Unique leaves. 
Il. FLOWERING SHRUBS, INCLUDING ROSES: 
Very few nurserymen recommend fall planting of roses and even then only 
the hardiest varieties and under exceptional conditions. 
Roses of all kinds, climbing and bush, hybrid perpetual, tea, hybrids and miscellaneous. 
Prunus, the great genus including flowering almonds, plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and nectarines. 
Axruea or Rose of Sharon. Showiest of August blooming shrubs next to hydrangeas. 
Aza.eas, with more colors and larger individual flowers than any other spring blooming shrub. 
Japanese Repgup, which has larger flowers, purer color, and better habit than the American. x 
Ill. BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREENS 
These surpass even the conifers in popular interest (though not in height), 
since they have showy flowers or berries as well as evergreen leaves. Of more than 
fifty hardy kinds I can name only a few. 
Box, the world-favorite for purely decorative effect. Formal gardens, edging, beds, hedges, etc. 
Enouisu Ivy, the favorite vine for purely decorative effect on stone or brick walls. 
Manonias, or evergreen barberries. Holly-like leaves, yellow flowers and rich bronze in winter. 
Mountain Lauret, the most exquisite and one of the showiest. (Kalmia latifolia). 
RHODODENDRONS, the most gorgeous of all hardy broad-leaved evergreens. Huge trusses. 
Curmepinc Evonymus. Climbs in New England where English ivy is hardy only as a trailer. 
Traitinc Myrrie. Best evergreen ground cover under shrubs or trees. Blooms intermittently all season. 
Yuccas. Showiest late bloomer of the group. Variety with flowering stalks six feet high. 
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