OFFICE COPY 
CIRCULAR No. 4 
The DAYTON AND XENIA 
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Gift of 
J. Horace McFarland Co. «“ St - 
Harrisburg, Penna. 
May 1957 ) 
Deciduous and Evergreen Shrubs 
HE term shrubbery is applied to groups of woody plants of 
comparatively small size. The line between shrubs and 
trees is not very definite. Some of the species named in 
this circular are by some other nurserymen listed with 
the trees. 
“ Shrubs and bushes have two values : An intrinsic value as individual or 
isolated specimens ; a value as part of the structure or design of an orna- 
mented place. As individual specimens they are grown for the beauty of the 
species itself; as parts of the landscape they are often grown in masses.” — 
‘‘Cyclopedia of American Horticulture.” 
Mass planting is most effective on the city lot as well as on larger 
grounds, and should be more generally practiced. No inferior stock 
should be used but a “massing grade,” consisting of plants slightly less 
perfect than those selected for planting singly, are just as effective, and 
much cheaper than the regular grade. A good shrub collection will pre- 
sent the greatest variety of color throughout the season, both in flower 
and foliage. In winter the bark of many species is highly colored. 
Shrubs serve admirably for screens to seclude unsightly objects. 
Our shrubs are well grown. Many species are transplanted and root- 
pruned in course of their development in the nursery, costing a little 
more but worth very much more than stock grown in the ordinary way. 
