CHAPTER IX 



Shrubs We Love to See 



' ' Every yard shonld be a picture. The observer 

 should catch the entire effect and purpose, without 

 analyzing its parts. 



— Bailey, 



Of course you want to know something about 

 shrubs. For what? Possibly just to make a tiny 

 hedge around your garden, or a taller one to shut 

 out the view of some neighbor's untidy backyard. 

 More likely for a lovely specimen plant for your 

 own grounds. In that case, don't, oh, don't! set it 

 out in the middle of the lawn ! And two or fhree 

 thus dotted around (in '^spotty planting, so 

 called) are the acme of bad taste, and violate the 

 fundamental principles of landscape gardening. 



Our grandmothers all loved the tall syringa, 

 honeysuckle, snowball, strawberry shrub, weigela, 



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