DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



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DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



The use of shrubbery about the home adds materially to the beauty and attractive- 

 ness of the place, and affords opportunity for a display of artistic development with the 

 varying color of foliage and flowers, and different habits of growth. Shrubs provide 

 material of a permanent character for the adornment of property at less cost and more 

 effectively than anything else. 



Pruning 



The practice of indiscriminate pruning of shrubs in Winter should be discouraged since, by doing so, 

 you will in most sorts cut away the flower-bearing wood, and when the season of bloom is come suffer 

 disappointment in consequence. 



The early April, May and June shrubs are of this character, and what pruning they receive should 

 be done after the period of bloom. 



The late Summer and Fall-blooming species bear flowers on wood of the same season's growth, and 

 the more of this you have the greater the amount of bloom. Severe Winter pruning tends, for a time at 

 least, to encourage strong new growth, though unquestionably it tends, too, to lower vitality, and should 

 not, therefore, be practiced continually. 



Indeed, the object of pruning should be chiefly to accentuate the beauties of natural forms, which 

 are always best, and should as much as possible be sought for. To this end thin judiciously and cut 

 back sparingly, remembering to do this at the seasons and for the reasons stated. It is better in small 

 places to use small and dwarf shrubs and allow free development, rather than the large-growing sorts 

 that, to be kept within bounds, must suffer mutilation and disfigurement. 



Figures after specific names indicate approximately the height of the shrubs when approaching 

 maturity. 



ABELIA. ANDROMEDA. 



— rupestris. 4 feet. Native of China. Is of — Mariana. 3 feet. A beautiful species, bearing 



dwarf habit and flowers profusely all Sum- a profusion of white waxy flowers along the 



mer. The flowers are in compact clusters, whole length of the shoots in early June. 



very fragrant; requires protection in the North. For Evergreen Sorts, see Evergreen Shrubs. 



AMELANCHIER. Mespilus. ARALIA. See Deciduous Trees. 



— Botryapium. Dwarf Juneberry. 8 feet. Bush, ARONIA. Chokeberry. 



or small tree; leaves and flower-stalks whitish * > 4 * 



woolly when young; showy white flowers in - arbutifoha rubra. 5 feet A beautiful shrub, 



April; fruit juicy; of good flavor. bearing clusters of white flowers m May fol- 



^ ' lowed by brilliant red berries. Very striking. 



AMORPHA. — floribunda nigra. Black Chokeberry. Similar 



— frutieosa. False Indigo. 4 feet. A large to Arbutifoha, but a more bushy grower, with 



and handsome bush with whitish foliage, and glossy black fruit. Both are suitable for 



abundant spikes of chocolate-colored flowers. planting in low grounds. 



