SOME GOOD SHRUBS FOR SUCCESSION 
OF BLOOMS 
H ouse and Garden 
^ I ^HE importance of obtaining a suc- 
cession of bloom in a shrubbery 
planting scheme is self-evident. In se¬ 
lecting the varieties to produce this there 
is room lor a large variance‘^of choice; 
tastes will vary; the climate, soil and 
the care given the plants should be 
considered. But the following list of 
twelve shrubs will he found to give good 
results with little care: Forsythia (gold¬ 
en bell), Cydonia Japonica (Japan 
quince), Vihurnum opulis sterilis (snow¬ 
ball ),iS'/>zr<^(3 Fan Flouttei (white spiraea), 
Lonicera T ar/(3r/r<3(uprighthoneysuckle), 
Weigela rosea (rose colored weigelia), 
Philadelphus coronarius (mock orange), 
Syringa vulgaris (lilac), Spiraa callosa 
(pink spiraea), Spircea Anthony Waterer 
(dwarf spiraea). Hibiscus Syriacus (al- 
thea), Hydrangea paniculata grandi- 
fiora (common hydrangea). Other 
shrubs which are worthy of planting in 
the spring time are Hercules’ club, Ara- 
lia spinosa, the purple and the green 
leaved barberry, several varieties of the 
dogwood and the flowering locust. 
Next to trees and shrubbery in consid¬ 
eration of a planting scheme come 
perennials. —Landscape Gardening. 
CULTIVATION OF HOTHOUSE FRUITS 
IN BELGIUM 
^ONSUL-GENERAL Roosevelt, 
writing from Brussels, tells of the 
development of the hothouse-grape indus¬ 
try and the extension of hothouse cul¬ 
tivation to other fruits and vegetables. 
He reports: 
About forty years ago the cultivation 
of grapes under glass was practiced on 
a small scale at Hoeylaert, a village near 
Brussels, more as an experimental ven¬ 
ture than as a business enterprise. 
From the beginning the experiment was 
accompanied by success, and from its 
small origin this method of cultivation 
rapidly developed until it now ranks as 
one of the most flourishing and lucrative 
industries in this district. To-day there 
are no less than 10,000 hothouses in the 
immediate vicinity of Brussels. The 
hothouses are usually from sixty-flve to 
eighty-two feet in length, and about 
twenty-six feet in width. Heat is dis¬ 
tributed through clay pipes. 
The principal varieties of grapes are: 
Frankenthal, a blue, medium-size grape 
How is it 
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