A SUBURBAN DELIGHT 



Shrubs Make Fine Homes 



No matter what the architectural plan of the 

 house is, it is bare, cold and hardly suited for habi- 

 tation in the good old summer time until adorned 

 with shrubs. This place shows well the advantage 

 of mass planting. 



Thrs foundation planting has a, succesBion of blooms from 

 April to July. At each end of the steps (1) the landscape 

 gardener has placed a Forsytbia, Fortune's Golden Bell, one of 

 the earliest of shrubs to bloom when in April it is covered 

 with golden bell-like flowers before the leaves appear. The 

 base of these is covered with Barberry Thunbergii (2). The 

 Tamarisk (4) shows forth its pink feathery flowers from May. 

 to July. A very handsome and decorative shrub, the Rhodo- 

 typas, White Kerria, has been planted at the corner of the 

 house (5). In May and June its delicate white flowers bloom 

 and are followed by shining black fruit which stays through- 

 out the fall. At (3) has been planted Eva Rathke Weigelias 

 which with their beautiful foliage and deep crimson flowers in 

 June and July add much to the planting. 



PLANTING LIST — No. 1. Forsytbia, Fortune's Golden Bell; 

 No. 2. Barberry Thunbergii; No. 3. Weigelia, Eva Rathke; 

 No. 4. Tamaris Gallica; No. 5. Rhodotypos, White Kerria; 

 No. 6. Caragana, Pea Shrub; No. 7. Iris, Japanese and Ger- 

 man; No. 8. Hybrid Perpetual Roses; No. 9. American Elm; 

 No. 10. Norway Maple. 



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