SHRUBBERY 
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XIII.— Shrubbery Group. 
much time in his 
garden. It is this 
situation which the 
things requiring 
little care meet, 
making a garden 
and flowers possi- 
ble where other- 
wise all would be 
barren. 
Obviously i f 
flowers through- 
out six months in 
summer are to be 
enjoyed, there 
must be at least six 
different kinds in- 
cluded in a shrub- 
bery planting, as 
no kind can be ex- 
pected to bloom over a month. As a matter of 
fact, no kind will bloom that long, and six shrubs 
would leave gaps, however carefully they were 
chosen. Eight or ten must be combined to get 
flowers from April to September; but as the 
best standard of planting requires many of a 
few kinds rather than a few each of many 
