. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. SHRUBBERY allv h»s a number of stems springing fiom the gn uii 1 and a tree Ubuallj has a single tiunk but this is not umformh true m either case The chief value ot shrubbery comes from its use in m artistic win although some hrubs have edible fruits Man\ shrubs such )- liU s me of the spi rea goo ebeiiies and
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. SHRUBBERY allv h»s a number of stems springing fiom the gn uii 1 and a tree Ubuallj has a single tiunk but this is not umformh true m either case The chief value ot shrubbery comes from its use in m artistic win although some hrubs have edible fruits Man\ shrubs such )- liU s me of the spi rea goo ebeiiies and emi nir j i In I t\ \ i\ eirh lu the season and s m lil I i il i iMj Im ind the Juneberrv are covi i 1 « iil i | i i i i i t M semis It this time Fum i nh | iin, until \ \ ml i in till] iitrlititul I L\ mill « is lie to be found )ii I 1 in u liml n I ti ii lun until the foUowin^ spiin^ Ml mi ntiltiiut Til ii on their branches the 1 1 I Ml t th I i I 1 _miiing and birberne th SL tiuits are n richh It the> can be sem ti m i )s like some of tli \il m 1 height of lU oi 1 ) t . t liv ml Daphne Ciuuntm grow to I height (f nh i t \\ iii Ins The leaves of some like the ch k 1 ii\ 11 unl i^ s barberry the hizel \iliuiuuni (1 .w I 111 I iiuiichs aie beauti fulh loloied m the till III ill I dendrons laurels (Fig Ji20) and niili mils, ind the daphne alreadj named, are examples of shrubs having evergreen foli- age. .Some leaves, like those of the Halix liicida, are glossy ; others, as those of the common hazel, are hairy; some are thick, and others are thin; some large, some small; some entire, and some lobed, serrated or compound. Throughout the season the foliage of a good collection of shrubbery will present the greatest variety of color, including all the hundreds of shades of green as well as yellow, white, gray and purple. Even in winter shrubbery is wonderfully attractive in appear- ance from the gracefulness of its stems and branches, and from the color of its bark. With the r
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