the brilliant flowering Crabs (pyrus), the pink and 

 the white varieties, and if you will gradually work 

 down to a lower level with a framing of the very 

 dwarf Crab, Pyrus toringo, they will exquisitely 

 complete the planting. 



Have a group or colony of Paul's Scarlet Haw- 

 thorn (Crataegus) near the Crabs for splendor of 

 color. 



Althea, Rose of Sharon (hibiscus), stately 

 formal shrubs, are invaluable among shrubs and 

 are equally invaluable when used as accentu- 

 ations ; they may also be used as hedge plantings. 

 I saw the standard form (infrequently seen) ac- 

 centuating a path on each side through a shrub- 

 bery, the rounded heads like balls of snow; 

 the variety was Jeanne d' Arc. Also on each side 

 of the path there was a three-foot "ribbon" of 

 White Alyssum, yellow California poppies and 

 blue Lobelia. The shrub form of Althea (Rose of 

 Sharon) may be obtained in a double white ; the 

 Jeanne d' Arc, a double blush ; the Lady Stanley, 

 a double red ; the Boule de Feu and a double red- 

 dish purple Atropurpureus plenus. There is a 

 double-flowered sort with variegated foliage and 



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