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EVERY WOMAN HER OWN FLOWER GARDENER. 



brightly-colored berries^ whicli make them conspicuous objects in- garden 

 or lawn ; so in making up a collection of shrubs we should not forget them. 



Euonymus, or Strawberry Tree, is very handsome, with its purple 

 flowers, succeeded by brilliant scarlet berries curiously shaped, which 

 remain on the branches late into the Autumn. The Burning Bush is 

 the common name for it in many localities. A variety of this shrub or 

 tree grows in most of the Middle, Western and Southern States. 



Euonymus atropurpureus, or Spindle Tree, is its proper title. It is a 

 yery beautiful addition to eyery lawn. The European Burning Bush is 

 much inferior to our natiye yariety. The Broad-Leayed Burning Bush 

 is a natiye of Austria; its botanical name is Euonymus latifolius, and 

 it is not commonly grown in this country, but is yery desirable. 



The Black Alder bears berries of a flame-like scarlet, close to its 

 branches, and is a beautiful shrub. 



I haye endeayored to mention a few of the flowering shrubs that will 

 not fail to giye satisfaction to all amateur gardeners. Many of them 

 are old-time flowers, which possess a charm to me, as childish associations 

 of delight linger about them, and render them doubly dear. 



The Ehododendrons are extensiyely cultiyated, and greatly improved 

 from those which grow wild in the Middle States. The English florists 

 haye brought these beautiful shrubs to the highest state of perfection. 



The Eose of Sharon is one of the most beautiful foreign shrubs. Its 

 blossoms are bell-shaped, and of many mingled hues. In Syria, Judea 

 and Arabia it is a sacred flower, and they haye adopted it as the emblem 

 of the Eesurrection. The dried flower is placed by the inhabitants of 

 Judea in a yase of water beside the beds of the sick ; if it expands, the 

 omen is fayorable, but if not, death is considered ineyi table. 



The Yucca Filamentosa, rather a hardy herbaceous plant, though a 

 shrub, is yery ornamental and hardy, its foliage resembling that of the Aloe. 

 It blooms in August and September, and the flower stem rises to the height 

 of fiye or six feet, surmounted with white, bell-shaped flowers. It grows well 

 in common garden soil, and is yery desirable as a single plant on the lawn. 



All of these shrubs are most agreeable additions to eyery flower garden, 

 but if you cannot find room for all, be sure to select a few of them, for 

 no other plants will giye you as large a supply of flowers with so little 

 attention expended on them. Most of them will readily grow from 

 cuttings, all of them will layer easily, and many of them increase by 

 suckers from the roots. 



