SHADE TREES AND EVERGREENS 
If you have a bank too steep to walk on, which you do not 
want to cover with evergreens, plant it thickly in shrubs 
instead of trying to keep it covered with grass. The shrubs 
will make just as green a cover, will hold the soil as well, and, 
if you select the right varieties, will remain fresh and green 
through the dry, Jate summer months when grass turns 
brown. This substituting of shrubs for grass is a very good 
idea to use whenever you have trouble preserving the sward. 
Oftentimes people will not walk in paths. They cut across 
corners and wear out the grass. If you had a line of shrubs 
along the path, they would not walk on them. The shrubs 
will thrive under harsher conditions than will the grass. 
Tall shrubs make good screens, and low ones are fine for 
planting under shade trees and evergreens, or, as we suggested, 
for planting Rhododendrons, around the foundation-wall of 
your house. When you plant single shrubs, do not get them 
in the middle of the lawn or the yard. Some shrubs make 
ordinary bushes, but bear splendid flowers; other kinds make 
beautiful bushes and bear insignificant flowers. The follow¬ 
ing descriptions give the valuable characteristic of each kind: 
Japanese Azalea (.Azalea mollis ). A leaf-shedding Laurel 
or Rhododendron, literally covered with flowers in the spring, 
which come earlier than those of the Rhododendron. Blos¬ 
soms of every color, of large size, and in immense numbers. 
Bay Tree. A beautiful little tree that usually is trained 
in some artificial form and grown in tubs for decoration. 
Naturally it has a straight trunk and a round head. Will 
stand considerable freezing, but northern winters will kill it 
if left outside. 
Calycanthus. This is Carolina Allspice, or Sweet Shrub. 
It has deliciously fragrant flowers and handsome leaves. The 
blossoms are chocolate-colored, and come about May. 
Bushes 4 to 6 feet high. 
Deutzia crenata flore pleno. A hardy shrub about 8 
feet high. Has double, white flowers that have a ring of rosy 
purple around the edges. 
Deutzia crenata, Pride of Rochester. Known as the 
Large-flowered Deutzia. Flowers very large, double, white. 
When you want the most beautiful effects, plant the trim and neat 
Blue Spruces, Nordmann’s Fir, White Fir and Hemlocks. The planting 
shown here secludes the house, protects it from cold and snow, and is 
very handsome. The dozen or so trees, in good sizes, cost about $18. 
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