SHRUBS 



be cut away to within a foot or two of the ground, 

 thus interfering with a free production of 

 flowers. The blossoms of this shrub are of a 

 tasselly bell-shape, produced thickly all along 

 the slender branches, in June. Candidissima is 

 a double white, very striking and desirable. 

 Gracilis is the most daintily beautiful member 

 of the family, all things considered. Discolor 

 grandiflora is a variety with large double blos- 

 soms, tinted with pink on the reverse of the 

 petals. 



The Weigelia is a lovely shrub. There are 

 white, pink, and carmine varieties. The flowers, 

 which are trumpet-shaped, are borne in spikes 

 in which bloom and foliage are so delightfully 

 mixed that the result is a spray of great beauty. 

 A strong plant will be a solid mass of color for 

 weeks. 



An excellent, low-growing, early flowering 

 shrub is Pyrus Japonica, better known as Japan 

 Quince. It is one of our earliest bloomers. Its 

 flowers are of the most intense, fiery scarlet. 

 This is one of our best plants for front rows in 

 the shrubbery, and is often used as a low hedge. 



One of our loveliest little shrubs is Daphne 

 CneoruTYiy oftener known as the " Garland 

 Flower." Its blossoms are borne in small clus- 



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