. Around the year in the garden, a seasonable guide and reminder for work with vegetables, fruits, and flowers, and under glass. Gardening; Vegetable gardening. 236 AROUND THE YEAR IN THE GARDEN lished before freezing weather the more certain is the success of the planting. When to Plant Shrubs The ornamental shrubs comprise the most important group of plants for setting out in the fall. The proper time for planting is just after the first hard frosts—from the middle of September to the middle of November, according to the latitude and location. But if you wait imtil the hard frost comes befor
. Around the year in the garden, a seasonable guide and reminder for work with vegetables, fruits, and flowers, and under glass. Gardening; Vegetable gardening. 236 AROUND THE YEAR IN THE GARDEN lished before freezing weather the more certain is the success of the planting. When to Plant Shrubs The ornamental shrubs comprise the most important group of plants for setting out in the fall. The proper time for planting is just after the first hard frosts—from the middle of September to the middle of November, according to the latitude and location. But if you wait imtil the hard frost comes before making your preparations and be- fore engaging your stock you will be too late. Like the evergreens, the shrubs when once planted will become per- manent features of the place, and the task of planning where. Fall planting. 1, Dwarf evergreens. 2, Large individual shrubs. 3, Tall shrubs for back- grounds and screening. 4, Lower shrubs for foregrounds. 5, Low shrubs or bulbs for edge of planting. 6, Tall informal hedge and street screen. 7, Formal or semi-formal hedge along street. 8, Tail, dense evergreen hedge and wuidbreak north and west of vegetable garden. they are to go should not be done in a hurry. Shrubs with ornamental fohage and with colored berries and bark are Just as beautiful as those which flower. Moreover, they serve to brighten the landscape during fall and winter when the deciduous flowering shrubs have lost their beauty. There is no "best way" of using shrubs; they are avail- able for all sorts of purposes—hedges, windbreaks, screens, masses, low and tall borders, single ornamental specimens, and for everything between the stiff formality of the closely. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Rockwell, F. F. (Frederick Frye), 1884-1976. New York, The Macmillan comp
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