SHRUBBERY 
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ot 
and this means 
shrubbery always, 
never a shrub, or 
two or three 
shrubs. 
Apart from its 
function of screen 
making, shrubbery 
provides one of 
the best flowering 
mediums that the 
garden may enjoy 
— and the hard 
pressed busy gar- 
dener as well. For 
with a proper se- 
lection of shrubs, 
XII. Shrubbery Group. uninterrupted 
bloom throughout the summer is practically 
secured, with no further effort than the initial 
planting. Let it not be understood that I am 
quoting this in favor of shrubbery because 
other garden material is too much trouble to 
care for, under the usual circumstances of the 
suburban home. I am not at all in sympathy 
with that attitude, as I think I have already 
made plain, but there are many times legitimate 
reasons for the gardener’s inability to spend 
