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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1914 



stellata or the ever- 

 green of laurel or 

 among the upright 

 growth of Clethra 

 and the spires of 

 steeple bush (Spir&a 

 tomentosum) and of 

 meadowsweet 

 (Spircea salicijolia). 

 Clethra and the 

 spireas would sup- 

 plement with mid- 

 summer bloom the 

 spring varieties or 

 make a color har- 

 mony with the later 

 blooming kinds. 



For shorter peri- 

 ods of bloom lilacs 

 or mock oranges 

 would make good 

 one-shrub gardens. 

 Viburnums and cor- 

 nels would also be good and be especially 

 effective in the autumn for foliage coloring 

 and the changing colors of their fruits. 



The decorative value of shrubbery in 

 relation to the autumn and winter aspect 

 of the garden cannot be over-emphasized. 



The fruits of some of the shrubs begin 

 to ripen as early as June. The amelan- 

 chier or shad bush gets its other name of 

 June berry from the month in which it 

 fruits. Eleagnus, elders and the bush 

 honeysuckles fruit in July, and Aralia 



Illustrating the possibilities of a one-shrub garden; magnolias are used here with small shrubs in the foreground 



spinosa has wonderful masses of black 

 berries in August. In the autumn, how- 

 ever, comes the wealth of berries. There 

 are all the berries of all the viburnums and 

 cornels; there are the bright red berries 

 of- the black alder (Ilex verticillata); the 

 black berries of white kerria; the red of 

 the chokeberries; the steel blue of Sym- 

 plocos; the coral berries of Indian currant 

 (Symphoricarpos vulgaris); the white of 

 snowberries ; and the deep reds of the haw- 

 thorns. 



Some of the ber- 

 ries fall early in the 

 season ; some (like 

 those of the Japan- 

 ese barberry and 

 Regel's privet and 

 Rosa rugosa) are so 

 persistent that only 

 the vigor of new 

 growth can push 

 them off. 



Some shrubs have 

 vivid winter color- 

 ing of branches 

 which is as interest- 

 ing as the berries. 

 Among the most 

 conspicuous are the 

 vivid red stems of 

 some of the cornels. 

 Comus stolonifera 

 and C ornus alba. 

 The first named has 

 a variety with green stems. Then there 

 are the red twigged wild roses, the vivid 

 green kerria stems, the strawy yellow of 

 forsythia, the fight green of Jasminum, 

 the light brown of Van Houtte spirea and 

 the darker barberry. 



Even where the color is not of startling 

 prominence the formation of the stems 

 gives each shrub a distinctive winter as- 

 pect. The Japanese quince, for instance, 

 has a complex interlacing of twigs and the 

 lilacs have a very decorative arrangement. 



Used for bordering walks, shrubs in variety will give a constant charm as the year rolls on. A succession of bloom can easily be arranged 



