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. 
This foundation planting has a succession of blooms from 
April to July. At each end of the steps (1) the landscape 
gardener has placed a Forsythia, 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- 
typus, 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. Forsythia, Fortune’s Golden Bell; 
No. 2. Barberry Thunbergii; No. 3. Weigelia, Eva Rathke; 
No. 4. Tamarix 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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