THE WINTER GARDEN 



the birds claim its crimson fruit as their especial 

 property, and it is generally without a berry by 

 Christmas in localities where robins and other 

 berry-eating birds linger late in the season. Up 

 to that time it is exceedingly attractive, especially 

 if it is planted where it can have the benefit of 

 strong contrast to bring out the rich color of its 

 great clusters. Because of its tall and stately 

 habit it will be found very eff ective when planted 

 between evergreens, with other bright-colored 

 shi'ubs in the foreground. 



There are many shrubs whose berries are blue, 

 and purple, and black. While these are not as 

 showy as those of scarlet and white, they are very 

 attractive, and can be made extremely useful in 

 the winter garden. They should not be neg- 

 lected, because they widen the range of color to 

 such an extent that the charge of monotony of 

 tone in the winter landscape is ineffective. 



The Ramanas Rose (R. lucida) has very 

 brilliant clusters of crimson fruit which retains 

 its beauty long after the holidays. This shrub is 

 really more attractive in winter than in summer. 



It will be understood, from what I said at the 

 beginning of this chapter, that I put high value on 

 the decorative effect of leafless shrubs. Their 

 branches, whether traced against a background 



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