while Styrax waves long sprays of white bells and 

 fine foliage eight and ten feet above Stepanandra 

 flexuosa. 



Amateur Gardeners, the possibility of the 

 shrub is limitless. Let us study their habits, their 

 time of bloom; let us remember to cut away their 

 faded flowers before seed forming commences (for 

 this robs them of so much of their vitality); let 

 us keep them lovely by pruning them lightly to 

 graceful lines, and if we give them at least one 

 great, generous meal in the Spring, they will do 

 this for us : They will delight us with their sweet 

 and countless beautiful blooms ; they will make 

 the golden days of Fall wondrous with their bril- 

 liant colorings ; they will make our gardens state- 

 lier and will clothe them with a restfulness and 

 repose by day, and at twilight in the late Summer 

 evenings they will cast their shadows, bringing 

 pleasant thoughts, peace and soothingness ; they 

 will be the moon's screen to play its brilliant rays 

 upon, delighting us with their continual changes 

 of lights and shadows and enhancing by their 

 force and stateliness the beauty of all the treas- 

 ures of our gardens. 



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