Flowering Shrubs 
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ISAAC HICKS & SON 
Bayberry, Sumach, Acacia, Indigo Shrub, Indian 
Currant, Huckleberry, Bearberry. For seaside 
exposure, drifting sand and bluffs, see Introduc- 
tion, page 5. 
To brighten up shrubberies, in August and later 
when most are past blooming, we have grown 
many varieties of late-blooming shrubs and tall 
herbaceous plants, as well as those conspicuous 
for foliage and bright berries. 
In pruning shrubs, avoid the prevalent dome top 
or balloon-shaped style. It results in few flowers, 
for flower-buds are made the previous year, ex- 
cepting those of the Althea, Hydrangea and other 
late bloomers. Prune out the oldest and most 
scraggy branches immediately after flowering, or 
take out a few each winter. 
Houses completed in May or June need shrubs 
around them. We have shrubs prepared for suc- 
cessful transplanting at any time. 
ACACIA (Rose Acacia) 
Robinia hispida 
An old-fashioned shrub of open, irregular habit, 
3 feet high, with clusters of deep pink flowers re- 
sembling sweet peas in June and July. It will 
grow in poor soil and is useful for seaside planting. 
ALTHEA. (Rose of Sharon) 
Hibiscus Syriacus 
A new solution of the service court and laundry paddock 
problem. Court sunk to the basement level and having ver- 
tical walls of foliage, thus preventing a view from the street. 
The walls are luilt at a steep angle by laying sod, like bricks, 
with Honeysuckle between, and weeping Forsythia at the top. 
Residence of Mr. Alexander C. Humphreys, North Country 
Colony, Glen Cove, L. I. 
In late summer the Altheas and Hydrangeas are 
the brightest ornaments to the shrubbery. The 
hollyhock-like flowers range in color through white, pink and red, double and single. As a garden 
hedge it may be pruned each year and yet flower 
freely. 
AZALEA (Rhododendron) 
The Azaleas are the deciduous or leaf-dropping 
members of the Rhododendron genus. They are 
so beautiful that a collection of varieties is an essen- 
tial in any scheme of lawn decoration. All the 
Azaleas when wild are under-shrubs in the woods, 
and, therefore, are well adapted for massing along 
the borders of woodland, or edges of streams and 
springy places. 
A. amcena. See Broad-leaved Evergreen Shrubs. 
Chinese. A. mollis. A vigorous round bush, cov- 
ered in early May with large trusses of blossoms 
resembling the Rhododendron in form. The 
colors are lemon, yellow, salmon, orange and 
orange-red. 
Flame. A. calendulacea. The brilliant colors of 
this species, ranging from yellow to orange-red, 
render it particularly attractive when planted in 
the shadowy borders of the woods. 
Ghent. A. Ponlica. A class of numerous varieties 
that are hybrids between the species of this 
country and that of the Himalaya mountains. 
They represent all the colors of the genus in 
many variations, beautifully shaded, and are both 
single and double. The flowers have the form 
Althea trimmed to tree form, with hardy perennial phlox' P f our native Azalea and are especially pleas- 
growing below. ing in delicacy of color. 
