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ground covering, thut is the foliage should meet 
the lawn and no attempt should be made to grow 
grass underneath the branches. Usually no trim- 
ming should be done after the plants are once es- 
tablished. It is a mistake to trim up shrubs. If 
they get too high or too broad, the longest 
branches should be cut at the ground. If this treat- 
ment produces a bush that is too straggling, per- 
haps the whole shrub should be cut to the ground 
and allowed to sprout again. 
It is also a mistake to rake the leaves from 
ries on little red stems, the red-branchcd dogwood, 
the witch hazel, the viburnums of different kii ds, 
the common hazel, the elderberries, both the red 
and the black-berried species, the spirmas of differ- 
ent kinds, the chokeberry, the different sumachs, 
varying in size from the small aromatic to the stag- 
horn which is almost a tree, the prairie, swamp 
and meadow roses, and the New Jersey tea are 
examples of attractive shrubs that are found almost 
everywhere in the northern states. In favored lo- 
calities the evergreen shrubs, including the rhodod- 
WAITINC. ROOM AT GRACEI.AND CEMKTKRN’, CHICAGO. 
Thuiiberg’s Barberry, (Berberis Thunbergii, ) Snowberry, (Symphoricarpos Racemosus,' Prickly Ash, (Zanlhoxylimi 
Americanutn I and Honeysuckles (Lonicera.) 
underneath a group of shrubs. The fallen leaves 
always look better than the bare ground during 
late fall, winter and early spring, and in summer 
they are not seen. They preserve moisture and 
furnish plant food. They will also protect certain 
early spring flowers which naturally find a home 
near shrubs, out of reach of chilling winds, such as 
snowdrops, crocuses, bloodroots, erythroniums, tril- 
liums and hepaticas. 
Frequently the greater portion of the shrubs 
needed for boundaries and margins of ponds can 
be taken from the surrounding country. The pan- 
icled dogwood v’ith its rich foliage and white ber- 
endrons and laurels, mike a beautiful addition to 
the list. But, of course, we should take advantage 
of the beautiful shrubs that come to us from other 
countries. The forsythias, covered in spring with 
a profusion of yellow flowers, the Japan quince 
following with bright red flowers, the honey- 
suckles, lilacs, syringas, spiraeas, viburnums, roses, 
barberries, etc., that fill our nurseries are all de- 
lightful and should be used in abundance. 
If I could make but one suggestion for beauti- 
fying our cemeteries it would be to use more of 
these smaller woody plants which clothe the ground 
so attractively and feast the eye with a profusion 
