SHADE TREES AND EVERGREENS 



If you have a bank too steep to walk on, which you do not 

 want to cover with evergreens, plant it thickly in shrubs 

 instead of trying to keep it covered with grass. The shrubs 

 will make just as green a cover, will hold the soil as well, and, 

 if you select the right varieties, will remain fresh and green 

 through the dr\-, late summer months when grass turns 

 brown. This substituting of shrubs for grass is a ver>' good 

 idea to use whenever you have trouble preserving the sward. 

 Oftentimes people will not walk in paths. They cut across 

 corners and wear out the grass. If you had a line of shrubs 

 along the path, they would not walk on them. The shrubs 

 will thrive under harsher conditions than will the grass. 



Tall shrubs make good screens, and low ones are fine for 

 planting under shade trees and evergreens, or, as we suggested, 

 for planting Rhododendrons, around the foundation-wall of 

 your house. When you plant single shrubs, do not get them 

 in the middle of the lawn or the yard. Some shrubs make 

 orcfinar\- bushes, but bear splendid flowers; other kinds make 

 beautiful bushes and bear insignificant flowers. The follow- 

 ing descriptions give the valuable characteristic of each kind: 



Japanese Azalea (Azalea mollis). A leaf-shedding Laurel 

 or Rhododendron, literally covered with flowers in the spring, 

 which come earlier than those of the Rhododendron. Blos- 

 soms of ever\' color, of large size, and in immense numbers. 



Bay Tree. A beautiful httle tree that usually is trained 

 in some artificial form and grown in tubs for decoration. 

 Naturally it has a straight trunk and a round head. Will 

 stand considerable freezing, but northern winters will kill it 

 if left outside. 



Calycanthus. This is Carolina Allspice, or Sweet Shrub. 

 It has deliciously fragrant flowers and handsome leaves. The 

 blossoms are chocolate-colored, and come about May. 

 Bushes 4 to 6 feet high. 



Deutzia crenata flore pleno. A hardy shrub about 8 

 feet high. Has double, white flowers that have a ring of rosy 

 purple around the edges. 



Deutzia crenata, Pride of Rochester. Known as the 

 Large-flowered Deutzia. Flowers very large, double, white. 



When you want the most beautiful effects, plant the trim and neat 

 Blue Spruces, Nordmann's Fir, White Fir and Hemlocks. The planting 

 shown here secludes the house, protects it from cold and snow, and is 

 very handsome. The dozen or so trees, in good sizes, cost about $i8. 



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