March, 1923 
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Two of the vibur¬ 
nums, varieties den- 
tatum and tomen- 
tosum plenetum, are 
used effectively at 
the entrance to this 
garden. Ruth Dean 
was the landscape 
architect 
Gillies 
If it is possible to plant it in a 
slightly moist situation it will re¬ 
spond gratefully. 
Flame-colored azalea, as azalea 
lutea is called in the catalogs, is 
really rhododendron calendulaceum. 
It is suggested here for the out¬ 
side frame of the garden, and for 
similar shrubbery masses, because of 
the exciting splash it makes in May 
and June with the burning dazzle of 
its red-orange-yellow blossoms. 
Shrubbery masses are apt to become 
a little too sedate. They need such 
a colorful insurgent among them as 
this. Under favorable conditions 
it will attain a height of 10'. It is 
well to count on from 4' to maybe 
7'. It is effective to have balancing 
groups of this flaming plant on either 
side of the garden. Keep it away 
from the pinkish purple of the Judas 
tree, for it will be bound to clash. 
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with ruddy purple fruit. When 
given plenty of room in the right 
location the service-berry will want 
no attention. 
Bastard indigo, amorpha jruti- 
cosa, must not be expected to stand 
too sturdily above the high enclo¬ 
sure of a garden, for its habit is 
somewhat spreading, and it is best 
used, perhaps, where the massed 
planting about the garden meets 
the ground beyond; or where the 
garden hedge is low, or the ground 
level outside is higher than that 
within. An unusually erect speci¬ 
men of this shrub will grow to 15' 
or 20', but 5' or 6' might safely be 
called the average. Its foliage re¬ 
sembles that of the locust; quite as 
decorative a form in the mass as any 
that exists. The flower spikes are a 
lovely violet color, blooming in late 
Spring and early Summer, and are 
followed by interesting seed-pods. 
Where there are 
slopes to be turned 
into banks of foli¬ 
age, no other plant 
is as suitable as the 
drooping, spreading 
shrubs. Clarence 
Fowler, landscape 
architect 
Healy 
