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DESIRABLE SHRUBS 
THAT SHOULD BE SET 
OUT NOW—SOIL PREPA¬ 
RATION AND THE CARE 
OF NEWLY PLANTED 
THINGS DURING THE 
AUTUMN—THE VALUE 
OF MASS PLANTINGS 
H. 
by Grace Tabor 
Photographs by 
H. Saylor, N. R. Graves and Others 
A SHRUB ARRANGE¬ 
MENT THAT RANGES 
FROM A FEW TO MANY 
PLANTS AND MAY BE 
VARIED TO MEET ANY 
INDIVIDUAL REQUIRE¬ 
MENTS OF SPACE, LOCA¬ 
TION, AND PERSONAL 
PREFERENCE 
O LD and yet ever new is the thought that there is gardening— 
and a lot of it—to be done as summer is waning. Coming 
in the midst of Indian summer's glimmering warmth, it startles 
the experienced gardener, even 
as it delights the less seasoned be¬ 
ginner. 
There is some reason for de¬ 
light, for surely nothing is more 
gratifying about garden work 
than the possibility of getting a 
surprise ready for one’s self. In¬ 
deed I know of no other kind of 
work where such a privilege is 
the worker’s. Yet this is what 
autumn planting really accom¬ 
plishes ; for when spring comes, 
there are the things growing, in¬ 
stead of vacant spaces where they 
ought to be growing — vacant 
spaces waiting for someone to 
come and do some swift work in 
order to get them filled and do all 
the other work that is 
waiting - . ' 
Practically everything 
may be planted now, and 
not only the garden, but 
the things themselves be 
better for it, under all or¬ 
dinary soil and climatic 
conditions. Soils that 
are more than usually 
heavy and damp are not 
encouraging mediums for 
fall work, to be sure; and 
localities which experi¬ 
ence severe winters, 
whether from altitude or 
latitude, are unfavorable 
to it. But the average place may safely plant the average trees 
and shrubs and perennials through all the thirty-one days of 
October. Avoid only the trees with tender bark or especially 
soft roots, such as the beeches, 
the birches and members of the 
poplar family; the broad-leaved 
evergreen shrubs ; and stone 
fruits — that is, fruits that grow 
around a pit like the peach and 
cherry. 
It is the shrubs that the average 
place needs, pre-eminently shrubs 
in masses, not specimens of this 
or that, admired in a neighboring 
dooryard, or come across during 
the summer’s wanderings, per¬ 
haps. By means of shrubs the 
most commonplace grounds may 
be made over into charming and 
individual retreats ; and with 
shrubs a veritable garden of bloom 
is possible throughout the sum¬ 
mer, if the right varieties 
are chosen. Moreover, 
no place is complete with¬ 
out them, however rich it 
may be in other kinds of 
vegetation; for nothing 
can produce the effect 
which shrubbery, well 
massed and well placed, 
gives. 
Boundaries generally af¬ 
ford opportunity for 
shrubbery plantings that 
is seldom 'taken advan¬ 
tage of to the fullest ex¬ 
tent — indeed, to any ex¬ 
tent at all, in many com- 
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Some desirable shrub arrangements readily adaptable to any 
situation. The descriptive key is found on page 249 
The lawn that is bordered by the heavy masses of green that only shrubbery gives 
is greatly enhanced in beauty 
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