HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 1911 
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Evergreens make an immediate showing in your planting scheme. 
Move them with a good ball of earth bound to the roots 
A shrubbery group of junipers, barberries, holly, yuccas, hypericums 
and other elements, well massed 
dwellings, in nearly any kind of soil. 
Evergreens that are to be planted in 
April should be put in the ground as 
early in the month as possible. They 
should be moved with a large clump of 
earth held in place by sacking. 
When aiming for immediate effect with 
deciduous shrubs the hardy hydrangea 
should be included. Stocky, well rooted 
plants will bloom this year in July and 
continue through the summer. 
The weigelia is also valuable for early 
effect. The late-blooming varieties, Wei¬ 
gelia Candida and Eva Rathke should 
jloom this year. The variegated wei¬ 
gelia bears pink flowers in June, but if 
bloom is not secured the first year, it is 
valuable for the beauty of its foliage 
alone. Being rather dwarf, it should be 
well to the front of shrubbery masses. 
The dwarf azalea and the Chinese 
privet are ornamental for their foliage. 
The azalea is evergreen. When estab¬ 
lished these plants are June bloomers. 
The Azalea Mollis will bloom this year 
if the plants are strong. It is of dense 
habit and blooms in May. If there is a moist shady place be sure 
and plant this azalea there. 
The late August-flowering Hypericum Van Flceti, or golden 
lace, will flower this year, bearing masses of yellow blossoms until 
frost. 
Two other shrubs valuable for foliage characteristics and ulti¬ 
mately for bloom are the golden-leaved elder ( Sambucus nigra, 
aurea ) and the purple-leaved plum ( Primus Pissardi). Get 
specimens from three to four feet in height and plant them in the 
center or toward the back of the group. 
Good-sized plants of the Chinese Matrimony Vine ( Lycium 
Sinensis ) thrive easily in any spot, and because of their graceful 
drooping form make pleasing contrast with other shrubs. Where 
vines are necessary to, produce a harmonious effect or for screen¬ 
ing, the rambler roses and the Wichuriana or memorial rose can 
be depended upon for rapid growth, throwing out shoots fifteen 
or sixteen feet long. The plants to be set should be at least three 
years old to insure the strongest growth. 
In setting the plants be sure that the roots have not become dry 
and shriveled. It is better to set moist roots into a rather dry 
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what may be accomplished with evergreens of various forms and 
contrasting color. 
Group Number One is a triangular planting using the Ameri¬ 
can arbor vitae near the center of the triangle slightly toward the 
apex, two specimens of the blue juniper ( Juniperus stricta) each, 
midway between the lower angle and the arbor vitae, two of the 
dwarf golden arbor vitae, Geo. Peabody (Thuya occidentalis, 
aurea), each, at a lower angle of the plan, and one specimen of 
the dwarf bushy pine (pinus mughus ) at the apex. If possible, 
procure specimens from two and one-half to three feet high and 
plant them four feet apart. 
Group Number Two is an elliptical one, useful at a carriage 
turn. It employs Roster's Colorado blue spruce near the center, 
with the Douglas golden juniper of low-spreading habit at one 
side, and the golden weeping retinospora ( R. ftlifera aurea), of 
low wide habit, at the other side, and four specimens of the dwarf 
arbor vitae ( Thuya occidentalis nana) at equal distances around 
the outer edge of the ellipse. The Colorado blue spruce should be 
six feet from the nearest specimens. 
Group Number Three is intended to 
form intermediate masses between tall 
trees and lawn. It consists of the golden¬ 
leaved retinospera (R. pisifera aurea), 
eventually tall and spreading, two of the 
Norway spruce, three of the American 
arbor vitae, and, in the foreground, a Sibe¬ 
rian arbor vitae (Thuya occidentalis Sibe- 
rican) conical in form, dark in foliage and 
of slow growth, and two or three of the 
Tom Thumb arborvitaes (T. occidentalis 
Ellwangerana), of broad compact form 
and light green foliage. 
Group Number Four comprises Nord- 
mann’s silver fir, two specimens of hem¬ 
lock spruce, one of the variegated arbor 
vitae (T. O. verveeneana) , green and light 
yellow, and two of the Sabin juniper 
(Juniperus Sabina), rich dark green. The 
spruce and silver fir should be seven feet 
apart at least, and the lower-growing spe¬ 
cimens from four and one-half to five feet 
apart. 
The arbor vitaes, dwarf pine, the low 
growing junipers and box, are very useful 
for plantings near the foundations of 
The hydrangea may be kept low to induce 
larger blooms or it may be allowed to as¬ 
sume a tree-like form 
