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Shadbush, a native tree that can be transplanted 
when small to the roadside at no expense 
Let us not buy “mixed annuals for wild 
gardening” from the seedsmen, because 
they are only counter sweepings and include 
all sorts of common garden flowers, like 
sweet peas, nasturtiums, marigolds, poppies, 
etc., which would be most inappropriate. 
Let us not move wild flowers from the 
shady woods to the sunny roadside, for they 
will die. 
Let us not plant anything that people will 
want to pick. 
The best vines for roadsides are: Virginia 
creeper for its brilliant autumn foliage; 
wild grape for its fragrant blossoms and 
pretty small berries; trumpet creeper for 
its large orange blossoms which attract the 
humming birds; wild honeysuckle for 
fragrance; wild clematis for its clouds of 
white flowers and silky seeds; and _ bitter- 
sweet for its red berries that last all winter. 
The following shrubs will furnish flowers 
from March to September in the order 
named: Spice bush, redbud, sheepberry, 
red berried elder, false indigo, sumach, 
Hercules club, witch hazel. 
The best tree, in my opinion, which you 
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can get for nothing and move to the roadside 
is the pin oak, for you can move large 
specimens in the fall, cut off all the branches, 
and in one year they will make a surprising 
growth. Oaks are long-lived. Elms have 
too many enemies and silver maples are 
short-lived. One kind of tree makes a 
more beautiful roadway than many. 
The following perennials are easily 
obtained because they multiply so fast in 
gardens that everybody has some to give 
away: Boltonia, bee balm, sneezeweed, 
New England aster, perennial sunflower, 
spiderwort, sweet rocket, mint, thyme. All 
are native or naturalized. 
Escaped from gardens are big colonies of 
orange day lilies, star of Bethlehem, sweet 
rocket, etc. Why not divide the plants 
where they are thickest and start a new 
colony a mile or so away? 
Won’t you gather the seeds of some 
roadside flower and sow them broadcast 
where they will do the most good? Or 
make a little seedbed for them and transplant 
lusty clumps to the spot where they will 
give you the greatest pleasure on your way 
home every night? Why not try berries 
of shrubs also, e. g., bayberry and elder? 
To make the roadside fragrant, can’t 
you get a lot of lilac suckers from some 
deserted dwelling and set out a row a hundred 
feet long beside the road? 
Have n’t you some thyme, mint or balm 
to plant at corners where it will flood the air 
with fragrance when you brush against it? 
Won’t you move some sweet fern or wild 
grape this fall? Or gather seeds of sweet 
clover this summer? 
To cover raw banks, can’t you get willows, 
red-twigged dogwood, coltsfoot, or any 
rampant vines that will keep the earth from 
slipping ? 
To screen unsightly places won’t you 
buy an ounce or pound of sunflower seed, 
wild cucumber, morning glory? And plant 
some permanent vines also? 
To glorify the wet spot along the road 
won’t you move from a similar but more 
favored locality one colony of any of the 
following: Marsh marigold, wild hellebore, 
marshmallow, blue flag, sweet flag, tall blue 
lobelia, watercress, swamp milkweed, purple 
loosestrife? Or transplant six bushes of 
winterberry, highbush blueberry or sweet 
pepperbushe Or sow three ounces of 
forget-me-not seed ? 
Juuy, 1908 
To make the shady places lovely, can’t 
you move a colony of ferns or wild flowers? 
Or if the ground is very poor and the shade 
dense can’t you carpet it with speedwell, 
moneywort, or ground ivy? 
To make the long winter walk enjoyable 
why not plant catbrier for its vivid green 
stems, brambles for their purple canes, 
red-twigged dogwood, silky dogwood, swamp 
dewberry for its bronzy leaves, yellow willow, 
and bittersweet, winterberry or cranberry 
bush for their red berries? 
In June or July you can move almost any 
vines or perennials to the roadside if you 
will get all the roots you can, water freely, 
cut back a little and shade for a few days. 
You can rig up some kind of a cover for 
Alternate-leaved dogwood, one of the many 
native shrubs that should be allowed to grow in 
fence corners 
them with boxes or old clothes. People 
will stare, but all the better. Tell them all 
about it and they will go and do likewise. 
In wet and shady places plants can be 
successfully moved all summer. 
You can mark and note colonies of peren- 
nials to be transplanted in September, and 
shrubs and trees for moving as soon as the 
leaves fall. 
You can sow seeds of some perennials, 
e. g., sweet rocket, in an outdoor seedbed, 
and move a big colony later. 
Garden Tools That Really Help, [V.—By J. L. Kayan, vy 
WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE WELL-BUILT APPLIANCES AND HOW THEIR EFFICIENCY IS HINDERED BY 
INATTENTION TO SMALL DETAILS AND LACK OF CLEANLINESS— HOW TO MAKE YOUR TOOLS ENDURE 
cS THE previous articles I have ex- 
plained how the different tools are 
fitted to different purposes, each one hay- 
ing its own special use. But there is 
one other point which is often overlooked 
in the selection of tools. Tools vary in 
strength and are of different qualities. I 
wish to emphasize very strongly that only 
the best tool is good enough to use. It may 
cost a little more in the first place; the 
difference is trifling, however, and the extra 
expenditure will more than pay for itself 
in the added convenience and efficiency. 
Work is done most quickly with a good 
quality, well-made tool, and the points to 
be looked for are the reinforcement and 
strength of the blade or working part, and 
the method of fastening to the handle. 
In the accompanying illustrations I have 
endeavored to show certain differences of 
strength. For instance, in Fig. 2, various 
-methods of construction are illustrated. 
The cheapest kind of planting trowel made 
is seen at e. The blade and shank of 
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