The changing colors of the withe-rod from green to 
pink and then deep blue give life to the shrubbery 
and sunny banks. As the flowers are poly- 
gamous fruiting plants should be selected. 
OTHER INTERESTING AUGUST FRUITS 
The brilliant scarlet berries of the spice- 
bush (Lindera Benzoin or Benzoin aestivale) 
ripen in August but they usually soon 
disappear, as the birds are very fond of them. 
This shrub, which reaches a height of about 
twelve feet, has handsome foliage which 
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turns bright yellow in fall, and in early 
spring its small but numerous yellow flowers 
are conspicuous. It prefers a moist situation. 
A handsome shrub especially adapted 
for dry and exposed situations is the buffalo- 
berry (Shepherdia or Lepargyrea argentea). 
The small scarlet berries thickly clustered 
along the branches form a pleasing contrast 
with the intense silvery hue of the small 
leaves. The edible berries stay on the 
branches until midwinter if not eaten by 
the birds. This shrub sometimes attains 
a height of eighteen feet and becomes tree- 
like. It has stiff, spreading and rather 
thorny branches. To secure fruit, it is 
necessary to plant staminate and pistillate 
bushes together. 
A handsome shrub is the alpine currant 
(Ribes alpinum) when studded with the 
bright scarlet berries which ripen in August 
and remain attractive till September. It is 
a valuable shrub for planting under the shade 
of trees where few other shrubs succeed. 
The leaves remain fresh until late in fall. 
An interesting shrub is the bladder senna 
(Colutea arborescens) with inflated bladder- 
like pods of pale green color prettily flushed . 
purple on the side exposed to the sun. They 
begin to appear about the beginning of 
August and continue together with the 
yellow papilionaceous flowers until the 
frost sets in. The shrub prefers sunny 
positions and is not quite hardy, but even 
if partly killed the young shoots, springing 
from the old wood, flower and fruit usually 
the same year. 
Eleagnus multiflora ripens in August its 
numerous dark-red fruits much smaller than 
those of EL. Jongipes and the still prettier 
#. umbellata produces its clusters of dark 
red berries which often almost cover the 
branches, rarely before September; they 
remain for some time after the leaves 
have dropped. These two species grow 
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The tong nanging clusters of red berries of the 
‘cranberry tree (Viburnum Opulus) are familiar to all 
higher and are of more spreading habit 
than Hleagnus longipes. 
The matrimony vine (Lyciwm Chinense and 
L. halimijolium, usually called erroneously 
L. barbarum or L. Europaeum), is really 
a shrub but it is easily trained as a vine. It 
is particularly beautiful when growing over 
rocks and walls with its long and slender 
branches weighed down by the brilliant 
scarlet berries which show conspicuously 
against the bright green foliage because the 
color of the leaves remains unchanged until 
winter. 
Vegetables for August Sowing—By I. M. Angell, 
EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE JUST MOVED INTO A NEW PLACE, IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO 
PLANT A SCORE OF VEGETABLES FOR FALL USE AND START SUPPLIES FOR EARLY SPRING 
jt will be a surprise to many to realize 
that a score of vegetables may be 
started during the month of August and be 
enjoyed the same year. Some will make a 
sure crop under ordinary conditions and 
others will be well worth risking for the 
interest of the experiment. ‘Therefore, even 
though you may have moved from one place 
to another in midsummer, there is still time 
to do some gardening. 
Our experiences show that all these vege- 
tables are worth a trial for August sowing: 
Bush string beans, beets, carrots, celery, 
turnip-rooted chervil, collards, corn, corn 
salad, cucumbers, endive, lettuce, mustard, 
Welsh onion, parsley, peas, salsify, radishes, 
spinach, turnip. 
Make sowings of all these vegetables on 
the first day of the month, or as near to it 
as possible, for if the fall be an early one the 
Young beets large enough for greens from a sowing 
made August 5th 
‘season will be rather short for maturing 
crops before frost catches them. The hardy 
vegetables need cause no anxiety on this 
score as a little frost does not injure them, 
some of them being safe if left till November 
for harvesting. Tender sorts may require 
some protection, such as newspapers or old 
rugs spread over them on the approach of 
cold nights. 
Several degrees of frost will be endured 
by lettuce, radishes, beets, spinach, endive, 
turnips, parsley, and carrots. 
SOME ACTUAL RESULTS 
Beans.—Very often the best string beans 
of the season are the product of an August 
sowing. Nothing is lost and much is gained 
by sowing beans early in the month, for an 
August first sowing was in bearing by Sep- 
tember 2oth, nearly three weeks ahead of 
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