special treatment. A soil composed of rotten sods and leafmold, 
about half and half, is most essential for the successful cultiva- 
tion of these plants. They require peculiar acid soil conditions 
well approximated by the above mixture, and a mulch, preferably 
of red-oak leaves, or the leaves of the mountain laurel if avail- 
able. Never disturb the roots of these plants by digging in the 
mulch, which is better left on indefinitely. Soils with much lime 
in them must also be avoided when growing these heath-family 
plants. 
OTHER WAYS TO USE THE TABLE 
It is often somewhat dfficult in arranging a shrubbery plant- 
ing to group the plants according to the color of their flowers. 
For the greater ease in using the larger table, and so that one 
can arrive at the relative frequency" of the various colors desirable 
for use in the scheme, the following table is appended. The 
nunbers refer, of course, to those in the table below. The figures 
given in parenthesis is the total of plants in each division. 
By color of flowers. Yellow-green (10): 1, 8, 9, 10, 30, 31, 36, 44, 
49, 86. Brown-green (10): 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 27, 39. Yellow 
(5): 5, 25, 41, 84, 92. Pink-purple (4): 7, 74, 75, 83. White (35): 6, 
17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 28, 29, 32, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 51, 55, 57, 58, 
59, 69, 70, 71, 72, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 88, 89, 90. Green-white (11): 
16, 23, 33, 50, 52, 63, 64, 65, 66, 87, 94. Pinkish-white (10): 26, 37, 38, 
54, 56, 61, 67, 73, 77, 93. Pink (5): 34, 60, 62, 85, 91. Lilac (1): 35. 
Violet-purple (2): 48, 68. Orange-red (1): 53. 
It often happens, too, that we have some definite spot, such 
as a small stream or swamp, a dry T hillside, or a shaded wood, 
that we wish to beautify. Therefore: 
By preferred habitat of shrubs. Moist places (19.: 1, 2,4,9, 15, 
17, 30, 36, 42, 50, 75, 78, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89. Indifferent (32): 3, 
5, 6, 7, 12, 14, 24, 29, 32, 35, 37, 38, 41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 51, 52, 59, 60, 61, 
62, 68, 70, 71, 72, 79, 80, 81, 90, 91. Shaded woods (13): 8, 16, 23, 25, 
26, 27, 31, 63, 65, 67, 69, 74, 92. Dry places (19): 10, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22, 
34, 39, 46, 49, 53, 54, 56, 58, 64, 77, 86, 93, 94. Swamps (6): II, 40, 55, 
66, 73 , 76. Thickets (1): 19. Cool woods (4): 28, 33, 44, 57. 
In planning a screen for an unsightly fence or building, or to 
cover up some small landscape importunity, it is often essential 
to know, en u/asse, the heights of shrubs for such purposes. The 
following table gives the dimensions of the shrubs, normal in- 
dividuals averaging about midway of the extreme heights given. 
By height of shrubs. One to four feet (13): 2, 6, 21, 27, 34, 56, 
62, 75, 77, 83, 84, 91, 93. Two to five (24): 10, 11, 13, 16, 22, 25, 31, 36, 
37, 42, 44, 53, 57, 60, 61, 65, (57,69, 73,81, 82, 85, 90, 94. Three to nine 
(29): 3, 4, 8, 12, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 32, 33, 35, 38, 39, 41, 43, 45, 48, 
54, 58, 59, 70, 72, 74, 78, 80, 86, 88. Six to fifteen (21): 1, 5, 7, 18, 19, 
29, 40, 4(5, 47, 49, 50, 52, 55, (54, 68, 71, 76, 79, 87, 89, 92. Ten to eigh- 
teen (7): 9, 23, 24, 30, 51, 63, 66. 
