Shrub groups make the best boundary. The large white flowers are Hydrangea. 
Tlolpering Shrubs 
HRUBS are a necessary complement to trees in the landscape. In two or three years 
the shrubbery on a new place looks mature. With shrubs 6 feet high and trees 25 
to 50 feet, mature results are attained the first year. The varying color, form and 
shadow effects from April to October, of flowers, foliage and bright berries are not 
. exceeded even by the flower garden. The colored twigs are beautiful in winter. 
To screen laundry and service court, kitchen, stable or road, tall shrubs are valu- 
able. We offer shrubs 7 to 10 feet high for this purpose. To carry the green of the lawn over a drive, a 
belt of low shrubs will preserve the unbroken sweep of green which is the keynote of a landscape. To 
round off the angular lines at the foundation of a house and connect the house with the ground, shrubs 
are indispensable. We train compact and symmetrical shrubs for the purpose. 
Grading with shrubs is an economy little understood. For example, a road curving around a hill 
may have a steep and dangerous bank. Dense shrubs, as Berberis Thunbergi backed by taller shrubs, 
will make a thicket that will halt a bolting horse. With the same economy, masses of shrubs will fill 
in hollows or round off rough hillsides. See illustrations, pages 43 and 48; 
A prominent landscape architect says : "The foliage of shrubs that are well established remains 
green when dry weather turns grass brown. The broad mass of shrubbery will take care of itself 
when the grass needs frequent attention. It might with advantage replace grass upon all surfaces 
too steep to walk upon with comfort," and it might be added, too expensive, or impossible, to keep 
in good lawn. 
Plant in broad masses, using large quantities. Group similar kinds together blending into the 
next. Long, graceful curves for outlines, with detached groups, produce most beautiful results and 
permit economical mowing with a horse lawn-mower. Plant low, thick-foliaged kinds, as Berberis 
Thunbergi, Deutzia gracilis and Rugosa Rose at the front, to hide the bare stems of those in the rear 
and hold the mulch. 
Prepare the ground and maintain it as for a crop of potatoes, or mulch with straw, leaves or 
thatch. 
To cover ground too poor and gravelly for grass, plant Wild Rose, Rugosa Rose, Trailing Rose, 
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