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plants are carefully planted and the roots protected by a good 

 heavy mulch of stable manure or other coarse litter, they are 

 almost certain to go through the winter unharmed. 



Apparently the most difficult part of planting is selecting 

 what to plant. This phase of the subject has heretofore re- 

 ceiA'ed scant attention, for few have realized how easy it is 



Smoke tree enveloped in a nebulous haze of pale purple. 

 (Courtesy of ^leehans" Garden Bulletin) 



to give an air of individuality to the home gTounds. The gen- 

 eral public has been content to go on planting about a dozen 

 different species of common shrubs, such as lilacs, syringas, 

 spiraeas and the like when there is a much larger list to choose 

 from and one that has CA'ery advantage on the side of beauty 

 and decorative usefulness. To be sure the species commonly 



