shallow holes that crowd and cramp their roots, at 

 the very ^art giving them only half a chance to 

 prove their worth. And how wonderful they are! 

 Naturally when badly planted you can never know 

 them at their be^ unless it be in some other garden 

 where they have been more carefully planted. 

 Usually we attribute the less lovely ones to in- 

 different ^ock, never to careless or incorrecH; 

 planting. See to it that everything you plant this 

 Autumn has Winter protecftion. The second 

 year after planting it will not be necessary, but 

 it is mo^ important the fir^ Winter. 

 ^ There are other beautiful flowering trees that 

 will bring to a mediocre garden a charm and 

 dignity it did not possess before, and to the garden 

 of di^incflion, even greater di^indtion. 

 ^ There is a supremely graceful crab, the weeping 

 Chinese flowering crab Gui Toi or " Tears Of The 

 Dragon," which when in bloom in May is remark- 

 able for its loveliness — a rose-colored shower of 

 beauty 33 How could it be otherwise with its 

 delicate coral ^ems held low, carrying graceful 

 sprays of thousands upon thousands of rosy 

 flowers? Gui Toi blooms somewhat earlier than 

 the Bechtels and is a smaller tree, a dwarf, I 



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