THE GREEN FRAME OF THE GARDEN—SHRUBS 27 
fall and winter Cotoneasters in variety 
supply color in fruit, and their grey- 
green leaves are persistent during ordi¬ 
nary winters. 
The rock or hillside gardens now so popular 
need low-growing shrubs, and the following are 
suggested for trial: Deutzia gracilis, Flowering 
Cherry, Cotoneaster horizontalis, Hypericum*, Teu- 
crium, Mugo-pine. Daphne Oneorum and Daphne 
Mezereum are greatly valued by those who can grow 
them successfully. Junipers and many of the Yuccas or 
Aloes can be used most effectively. 
Although "the American purchaser”, for the most part 
.*,«**- j s sa id to want a "finished product” when he decides on a 
home (usually buying it ready-made), Gardeners, never! Their joy 
is in the slower evolution of a beauty obtained from the individual 
expression of their own plans and in an ever widening interest and 
knowledge, especially if much of the material is grown from seeds 
and cuttings. 
There is no greater joy to the true gardener than that of watch¬ 
ing and tending his plants from the tiny seedlings to the full- 
grown plant, shrub or tree. How unfortunate that many amateurs 
imagine that the seeds of shrubs or trees are only for the profes¬ 
sional grower! Picture the joy of planting (see page 86) the seed 
of a gorgeous native shrub, Tecoma stans,* in a pot to discover in a 
week’s time the cotyledons out of the ground and to keep in touch 
with every stage of development until the crowning bouquet of 
gorgeous golden trumpets! The Conifers and broad-leafed ever¬ 
greens are slower and more difficult, but while the gardener is more 
interested in other, more rapid growers, the plodders are plodding 
along and before it can be realized, a fair sized bush is before one’s 
eyes! 
Much shrub and hardwood plant increase is obtained from cut¬ 
tings taken in the fall of the year before frost, from the current 
Shrubs 
from 
Cuttings 
From 
Seed 
* Native. 
