SHRUBBERY 
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boxwood should find a place in the garden, 
even though it comes as a very tiny bush in the 
beginning. For not another plant in the world 
has such an air about it as this exquisite old 
aristocrat — and it suits formal or informal 
schemes equally well, even as true gentlefolks 
tactfully set things and people at their ease, 
wherever they may go. 
Ten Choice: Shrubs for Generae Use with Time of 
Feowering 
April Forsythia Fortunei ; Forsythia; yellow flowers be- 
fore the leaves; height 8 feet. 
May Berberis Thunbergii; Japanese barberry; yellow, 
red berries; height 4 feet. 
Lonicera Morrowi; bush honeysuckle; white, ruby 
berries; height 6 feet. 
Spiraea Van Houttei; spirea; white; height 8 feet. 
Syringa vulgaris ; common lilac; white, lilac; 
height 12 feet. 
June Philadelphus coronarius ; syringa or mock orange; 
creamy white; height 10 feet. 
July Clethra alnifolia ; sweet pepper bush; greenish 
white; height 8 to 10 feet. 
Aug. Hibiscus Syriacus; rose of Sharon; pinks, white 
maroon; height 12 feet. 
Hydrangea paniculata; hydrangea; white changing 
to pinkish; height 10 to 20 feet. 
(Both the above hold their blooming period over into 
September usually.) 
Ten Shrubs for a Winter Planting 
April Cornus Mas; cornelian cherry, yellow; red ber- 
ries; ; height 20 feet. 
May Berberis aquifolium; holly-leaved barberry; yel- 
low; evergreen; red berries; height 4 feet. 
Berberis Thunbergii ; Japanese barberry; described 
above. 
