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SHRUBS— DESCRIPTIONS 
ALTHEA, or ROSE OF SHARON 
(Hibiscus Syrlacus) 
(TotU3 Alba) 
A large single bell-shaped white flower, 
soniewhat resembling the Hollyhock^ 
blooming the latter part of the summer, 
when most other flowers are gone. 
Blooms from July to September. 
Flowers are w hite, three inches in diameter. 
Bush, upright, eight to twelve feet tall. 
Use: one of the most satisfactory large 
shrubs for planting singly, in clumps, in 
masses, or as a hedge; hardy, succeeds 
everywhere. Planting Distance, three 
feet. Prune in winter for profusion of 
bloom. Do not allow the plant to run up, 
leaving base bare. Althea. 
BARBERRY An'excellent shrub for mass planting and hedges. See page 38. 
DEUTZIA LEMOINI One of the best medium-sized shrubs for planting singly 
or in masses; a very profuse bloomer. 
Blooms June-July. Flowers : branches are loaded with clusters of small white 
bell-shaped flowers. Bush, three to four feet tall, dense, spreading. Use: very 
effective small shrub for planting singly or around the borders of shrubbery 
masses. One of the hardiest, thrives everywhere. Planting Distance, two feet. 
Prune in the spring, cutting out old, weakened canes. 
peDtcls;i.«moiiil. OnKol ths beat low shrub*. 
