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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  December, 
  1907 
  

  

  In 
  Summer 
  the 
  Garden 
  Shows 
  a 
  Wealth 
  of 
  Foliage 
  and 
  Bloom 
  

  

  out 
  colors 
  that 
  will 
  rival, 
  to 
  some 
  extent, 
  the 
  flowers 
  of 
  

   summer? 
  

  

  Have 
  you 
  never 
  taken 
  a 
  tramp 
  along 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

   woodland 
  in 
  winter, 
  and 
  come 
  suddenly 
  upon 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  

   scarlet-berried 
  alders? 
  What 
  brightness 
  they 
  seemed 
  to 
  

   radiate 
  upon 
  the 
  spot 
  ! 
  They 
  made 
  so 
  strong 
  and 
  vivid 
  an 
  

   impression 
  upon 
  the 
  eye 
  that 
  you 
  seemed 
  to 
  see 
  them 
  long 
  

   after 
  you 
  had 
  passed 
  them. 
  Why 
  should 
  we 
  not 
  transplant 
  

   this 
  bit 
  of 
  woodland 
  glory 
  to 
  our 
  garden, 
  and 
  heighten 
  its 
  

   effect 
  by 
  giving 
  it 
  an 
  evergreen 
  for 
  a 
  background? 
  Its 
  scar- 
  

   let 
  fire 
  against 
  the 
  dark 
  greenery 
  of 
  spruce 
  or 
  arborvitae 
  

   would 
  seem 
  to 
  make 
  our 
  winter 
  garden 
  fairly 
  glow 
  with 
  

   warmth. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  seen 
  the 
  red-branched 
  willow 
  planted 
  near 
  an 
  ever- 
  

   green, 
  and 
  the 
  contrast 
  of 
  color 
  brought 
  out 
  every 
  branch 
  

   so 
  keenly 
  that 
  it 
  seemed 
  chiseled 
  from 
  coral. 
  The 
  effect 
  

   was 
  exquisite. 
  Train 
  Celastrus 
  scandens 
  where 
  its 
  pendant 
  

   clusters 
  of 
  red 
  and 
  orange 
  can 
  show 
  against 
  evergreens, 
  and 
  

   you 
  produce 
  an 
  effect 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  equaled 
  by 
  few 
  flowers. 
  

  

  The 
  barberry 
  is 
  an 
  exceedingly 
  useful 
  shrub 
  with 
  which 
  

   to 
  work 
  up 
  vivid 
  color-effects 
  in 
  winter. 
  It 
  shows 
  attrac- 
  

   tively 
  against 
  other 
  shrubs, 
  is 
  very 
  charming 
  when 
  seen 
  

   against 
  snow, 
  but 
  is 
  never 
  quite 
  so 
  effective 
  as 
  when 
  its 
  rich- 
  

   ness 
  of 
  coloring 
  is 
  emphasized 
  by 
  contrast 
  with 
  the 
  somber 
  

   green 
  of 
  a 
  spruce. 
  

  

  Our 
  native 
  cranberry 
  (Viburnum 
  opulus) 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  

   very 
  best 
  berry-bearing 
  shrubs. 
  It 
  holds 
  its 
  crimson 
  fruit 
  

   well 
  in 
  winter. 
  Planted 
  among 
  evergreens 
  it 
  is 
  wonderfully 
  

   effective 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  tall 
  and 
  stately 
  habit 
  of 
  growth. 
  

  

  The 
  bayberry 
  (Myrica 
  cerifera) 
  is 
  another 
  showy-fruited 
  

   shrub. 
  Its 
  grayish-white 
  berries 
  are 
  thickly 
  studded 
  along 
  

   its 
  brown 
  branches, 
  and 
  are 
  retained 
  throughout 
  the 
  winter. 
  

  

  The 
  snowberry 
  (Symphoricarpos 
  racemosus) 
  has 
  been 
  cul- 
  

   tivated 
  for 
  nearly 
  a 
  hundred 
  years 
  in 
  our 
  gardens, 
  and 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  stands 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  list 
  as 
  a 
  white-berried 
  shrub. 
  

   If 
  this 
  is 
  planted 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  evergreens 
  the 
  purity 
  of 
  its 
  

   color 
  is 
  brought 
  out 
  charmingly. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  effective 
  when 
  

   grown 
  near 
  scarlet-fruited 
  shrubs, 
  like 
  the 
  barberry 
  or 
  alder. 
  

  

  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  ash 
  for 
  winter 
  decoration 
  is 
  

   just 
  beginning 
  to 
  be 
  understood. 
  If 
  it 
  retained 
  its 
  fruit 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  winter, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  our 
  most 
  valuable 
  plant, 
  

   but 
  the 
  birds 
  claim 
  it 
  as 
  their 
  especial 
  property, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  fruitless 
  by 
  Christmas. 
  But 
  up 
  to 
  that 
  time 
  it 
  is 
  

   exceedingly 
  attractive, 
  especially 
  if 
  planted 
  where 
  it 
  can 
  have 
  

   the 
  benefit 
  of 
  strong 
  contrast 
  to 
  bring 
  out 
  the 
  rich 
  color 
  of 
  its 
  

   orange-red 
  clusters. 
  

  

  The 
  Ramanas 
  rose 
  (R. 
  lucida) 
  has 
  showy 
  clusters 
  of 
  

   crimson 
  fruit 
  which 
  retains 
  its 
  beauty 
  long 
  after 
  the 
  holi- 
  

   days. 
  This 
  shrub 
  is 
  quite 
  as 
  attractive 
  in 
  winter 
  as 
  in 
  

   summer. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  many 
  kinds 
  of 
  shrubs 
  whose 
  berries 
  are 
  blue, 
  

   and 
  black, 
  or 
  purple. 
  While 
  these 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  showy 
  as 
  those 
  

   of 
  scarlet 
  or 
  crimson 
  or 
  white, 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  beautiful, 
  and 
  

   can 
  be 
  made 
  good 
  use 
  of 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  garden. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  understood, 
  from 
  what 
  I 
  said 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  

   of 
  this 
  article, 
  that 
  I 
  put 
  high 
  value 
  on 
  the 
  decorative 
  effect 
  

   of 
  leafless 
  shrubs. 
  Their 
  branches, 
  traced 
  against 
  a 
  back- 
  

   ground 
  of 
  snow 
  or 
  sky, 
  make 
  an 
  embroidery 
  that 
  has 
  about 
  

   it 
  a 
  charm 
  summer 
  can 
  not 
  equal. 
  A 
  bitter-sweet 
  clambering 
  

   over 
  bush 
  or 
  tree, 
  and 
  displaying 
  its 
  many 
  clusters 
  of 
  red 
  

   and 
  orange 
  against 
  a 
  network 
  of 
  leafless 
  branches, 
  with 
  the 
  

   intense 
  blue 
  of 
  a 
  winter 
  sky 
  showing 
  through 
  them, 
  makes 
  a 
  

   picture 
  brilliant 
  in 
  the 
  extreme. 
  But 
  the 
  charm 
  is 
  not 
  all 
  in 
  

   the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  fruit, 
  but 
  in 
  branch 
  and 
  twig 
  as 
  well. 
  

  

  