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effect in the living picture that we are trying to 
produce, both at the flowering period and at other 
seasons. 
The skillful landscape gardener will not use too 
many high lights in these garden pictures. Very 
conspicuous shrubs can be massed here and there, 
or used singly or in groups of two or three at ad- 
vantageous points where they harmonize with their 
surroundings, but it is poor taste to use too many 
of them. 
A large shrubbery, composed entirely of blood- 
red Japanese Maples, purple Berberries and Hazels, 
and golden-leaved Elders, Spiraeas and Philadel- 
phuses, would be more bizarre than beautiful, and 
would be a weariness to the eye. But the same 
plants, used with discretion and to give variety 
amid masses of green, are capable of very effective 
arrangement. 
In the crude days of our gardening experiments 
we planted what we still call the Golden Shrubbery 
at Rose Brake. We set out some dozens of yellow- 
leaved Spirmas, Elders and Bhiladelphuses, some 
purple-leaved Hazels, Plums, Berberries and Birches, 
and the effect was — disappointing. That shrubbery 
still exists, but has been softened by the addition 
of Magnolias, P'lowering Apples, Koleuterias, 
P'orsythias, Corchoruses and some evergreen shrubs, 
planted in later years. It is a pretty spot, and is 
on lower ground than the rest of the grove, and in 
a corner farthest away from the house. It is the 
only spot at Rose Brake that I blush to show to 
the friends of the naturalistic style of gardening, 
and, if I like it myself, it is because one cannot 
help loving the garden one has planted in happy 
days, and the shrubs and trees that one has watched 
over from their infancy. Yellow-leaved plants, 
and plants that have yellow blossoms predominate 
in this unique little garden at Rose Brake, and 
certainly it is a sunny spot, cheerful even on the 
gloomiest days. 
I propose in this article to de:cribe some of the 
most conspicuous shrubs that I have called the 
high lights of the pleasure grounds. 
As a general thing I give the preference to 
flowering shrubs over those which have brightly 
colored foliage, because the flowering shrubs can- 
not weary the eye by their sameness. A garden 
adorned by the plants I will describe, changes from 
day to day. The beauty of April is not the beauty 
of May, or of June, or of midsummer, while the 
red and purple and golden-leaved plants have a 
monotonous effect. It is for this reason that they 
should be sparingly used in decorative gardening. 
In naturalistic gardening they are out of place be- 
cause they do not look natural. One does not see 
such plants in our native woods and wdlds. 
Some of the Magnolias, such as Magnolia Stel- 
lata, come under the head of conspicuous shrubs 
rather than trees, for they do not grow' to a large 
size and are covered with showy blossoms very 
early in the spring before the leaves appear. A 
few of these Magnolias are very desirable to group 
on the margins of plantations of small trees, or in 
conspicuous places on the lawn. 
Eorsythias bloom about the same time as these 
early Magnolias, and are among the most sunny 
and brilliant of the April bloomers. They flower 
in showery weather when their beauty is much en- 
hanced by diamond spray, and I have frequently 
seen their golden blossoms smiling and blinking 
beneath a bridal veil of snow. Some of these 
charming shrubs should find a place in every park 
and garden. The yellow brown of their branches 
makes them useful also for their effect in winter 
amid red-stemmed Cornels, bright berried, and 
evergreen plants. 
The common Japan Corchorus, with double 
yellow blossoms, blooms a little later than the 
Eorsythia, and is conspicuous about the middle of 
April or the first of May, according to the climate. 
It is a most persevering bloomer, giving us flowers 
throughout the summer and fall. Indeed it is often 
the only shrub in flower in late November, and I 
have gathered its last sprays of bloom within a 
fortnight of Christmas. When every flower has 
faded and every leaf yielded to the blasts of win- 
ter, it is still pretty and cheerful with its graceful, 
bright green wands of branches, which retain their 
coloring throughout the months of snow, a cheery 
object in the garden. 
Among the smaller showy shrubs the dwarf 
flowering Almonds should have a place. Little 
groups of three or more may be made here and 
there in front of larger bushes or near the founda- 
tions of houses where they can receive a little 
shelter. They need good soil and some care in 
pruning as they are apt to grow one-sided and 
straggling, especially if planted in partial shade or 
crowded by other plants. We like to combine the 
white and pink varieties. 
Many Spiraeas come under the head of con- 
spicuous shrubs when in bloom. Perhaps the most 
effective are S. prunifolia, which blooms with the 
Corchorus, S. Van Houttei, S. ariaefolia, S. 
crata gifolia, S. Reevesiana and S. callosa. Spiraea 
rotundifolia has balls of bloom which give it some 
resemblance to a snow-ball, and the red-flowering 
kinds are almost all pretty and desirable. 
Danske Dandridgc. 
[ To be Continued. ) 
