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such as Magnolia conspicua, some of the finest 
wild cherries, the hybrid catalpas and the cork- 
barked maple. This adds to the shade, and if 
judiciously planted will not disturb the shrubs. 
Think this matter over carefully and you will 
find somewhere just the place that we are 
talking about. The shrubs that I should 
recommend to start with, and for succession 
of bloom, are (1) Judas tree. This is the 
earliest shrub to blossom, that is at the same 
time hardy, and it stays in bloom for three 
full weeks. It is a mass of lilac-colored flow- 
ers, without a leaf. Then follows a charming 
display of golden foliage. On the whole, this 
is one of the finest shrubs in existence, growing 
eight or ten feet high, or trained as a tree to 
fifteen feet. (2) The spireas begin very early 
in the season, while later varieties do not blos- 
som until the last of July or into August. One 
of the finest of all is Spirea prunifolia, fol- 
lowed by the superb Van Houttei. These 
should be planted very freely, but not in 
chunks, as they frequently are. (3) Lilacs 
constitute the most popular shrubs in exist- 
ence, and they deserve all the praise and love 
they get. You can get a dozen of the new 
French varieties, single and double, and of all 
shades of red, white and purple, at a very low 
figure, or can content yourself with the old- 
fashioned lilac and the white variety, which 
like to make a small tree; they are good 
enough, and the purple sort has never been 
beaten. (4) Tartarian honeysuckle should 
make number four, and multiplied as fast as 
possible. Nothing else makes as good a hedge 
for blossoming. This bush stands from five 
to ten feet high, and you can trim it as sharply 
as you please. (5) The old-fashioned snow- 
ball should come next, only it must stand out 
in the full sunshine or it will become a pest 
with the plant louse; and with it should be 
planted its cousin, highbush cranberry—a 
viburnum that is loaded all the autumn with 
yellow fruit, which turns red for winter, and 
feeds no end of cedar birds and pine gros- 
beaks. It is a great thing to have growing by 
your fences and in corners. (6) Plant wei- 
gelias in two or three of the hardiest varieties 
—especially rosea. This shrub may cause you 
some trouble, because it has to be trimmed 
every year, but the plant is gorgeous while in 
flower. (7) Mock oranges you must have. 
You can find the old-fashioned sorts among 
your neighbors, and these are good enough for 
anybody; but you will do better if you plant 
some of the late flowering sorts—then have 
seeds and grow new sorts yourself. People do 
not know how many fine things they can get 
by this simple sort of cross-breeding. (8) Al- 
theas blossom in September and October, and 
although they are not fragrant, they are very 
beautiful, and just what we need at this time 
of the year. (9) The Hydrangea paniculata 
everybody knows for its superb heads of flow- 
ers, that run down into cold weather; but 
there is a new sort, pure white in flower, and 
beginning to blossom in June, which is better. 
You can increase your stock of both sorts 
very rapidly by cuttings, cut off close below a 
joint, and thrust into the ground either in 
spring or autumn. 
For half a dozen vines I would select to 
grow over the doorway honeysuckles; the 
scarlet trumpet and the monthly fragrant 
growing together. Grapevines are not used 
half as much as they ought to be, and they 
are grand on the walls of a house or barn, 
both for the shade they give and the added 
fruit. A Worden and a Brighton growing 
together will yield bushels of grapes in the 
place of vines that do nothing but give leaves. 
Clematis paniculata is a wonderful affair, 
with its pure white fragrant flowers, and is 
fine for trellises and arbors. Grow with it the 
purple flowering Jackmann. If your house 
or any of your buildings are brick or stone, or 
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