SUCCESS WITH SMALL FRUITS— FLOWERING SHRUBS 



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FLOWERING SHRUBS 



There are no plants that add more to the attractiveness of a home than the hardy shrubs that bloom in the spring 

 and summer, and there is a wonderful variety from which to choose, most of which are hardy in all parts of the country. 



SPIREAS. Of the spring-flowering shrubs none are more 

 beautiful than the numerous shrubby Spireas. 



Spiraea Thunbergi is the earliest to bloom in the spring. 

 It is a very dwarf plant, with fine, willow-like leaves, and 

 a profusion of small white flowers. 



Spiraea Reevesii is very graceful in growth, ana is 

 covered with bloom like as if a snowstorm had piled over 

 it. There are two forms, one single-flowered and one 

 with double flowers. 



Spiraea Van Houttei is a rapid grower and most profuse 

 bloomer, the branches resting on the ground with the 

 mass of bloom. Its smaller foliage than the preceding 

 fully distinguishes it, the leaves being rounded and entirely 

 different from other Spireas. 



Spiraea Bumaldii was very popular as a summer bloomer, 

 but is now superseded by its variety known as Anthony 

 Waterer. This is a compact and dwarf-growing shrub 

 which covers itself with flowers from spring till frost, 

 the flowers being of a pleasing carmine color. 



Spiraea Billardii is also a summer-flowering sort. 



Spiraea' prunifolia, the Plum-leaved Spirea, is also one 

 of the pleasing spring-flowering varieties. Space will not 

 allow the description of the dozens or hundreds of the 

 Spireas. Many of these are of a herbaceous nature. 



DEUTZIA crenata is the most common of the Deutzias, 

 and is so called from its rough leaves. There is a single 

 and a double-flowered variety, and a variety of the double 

 that is pure white, while the common double Deutzia is 

 pinkish on the outer petals. This Deutzia makes a very 

 large bush, blooming later than the early spireas, and the 

 double form is useful for cutting. 



Deutzia gracilis is a very dwarf and early-flowering 

 form, which is very commonly grown in greenhouses for 

 Easter decoration in pots. It is, however, perfectly hardy 

 and well suited to the outside rows of shrubbery plan- 

 tations in company with Spirea Thunbergi. The Japanese 

 use the dry, rough leaves of Deutzia crenata for polishing 

 fine wood. 



FORSYTHIAS. The Forsythias are among the earliest 

 of the spring-flowering shrubs, and their golden yellow 

 bells make a fine contrast with the snowy white of the 

 shrubby spireas. 



Forsythia viridissima is the earliest and most common. 

 It is very erect in growth and rapid, too, and soon makes 

 a striking bush. 



Forsythia suspensa, or Fortunei has a drooping habit, 

 and can be trained upon a trellis like a climber, and will 

 in this way make a very striking display. But allowed to 



