Annual program for the observance of Arbor day in the schools of Rhode Island . . RUBSProjessor Marion Dodge Weston, Rhode Island College of Educatk i Have you ever made the acquaintance of the shrubs which help to malie yourcommunity a place where people love to dwell? Of the many plant familieswhich contribute generously to the beauty of the grounds about our homes andl>ublic buildings none deserves more praise than the Rose, the Honeysuckle andthe Olive. The great Rose family with its numerous useful as well as ornamental mem-bers is represented in almost every garden. Without stopping t
Annual program for the observance of Arbor day in the schools of Rhode Island . . RUBSProjessor Marion Dodge Weston, Rhode Island College of Educatk i Have you ever made the acquaintance of the shrubs which help to malie yourcommunity a place where people love to dwell? Of the many plant familieswhich contribute generously to the beauty of the grounds about our homes andl>ublic buildings none deserves more praise than the Rose, the Honeysuckle andthe Olive. The great Rose family with its numerous useful as well as ornamental mem-bers is represented in almost every garden. Without stopping to catalogue theirees, which include most of our native fruits (apples, peaches and the like) aswell as trees cultivated for their beauty alone, such as the Hawthorn, we And along list of valuable shrubs: all kinds of roses, Japan Quince, Kerria, and theSpireas. In the names of many of our cultivated shrubs we acknowledge our debt toJapan. The Japan Quince has long been a favorite in American gardens. Old-fashioned gardens sometimes contain small shrubs with deep yellow, double. High Bush Blackberry. —Pholo by B. Emerson Heyer. flowers scattered among the sharply toothed leaves, the Yellow Kerria. In morerecent years the single-flowered Kerria, also introduced from Japan, is beingrather widely planted, an interesting example of a flower which is far morepopular in its single than its double .form. At all seasons of the year the brightgreen of the Kerria stems contrasts vividly with the more common browns andgrays of the rest of the shrubbery. Did you ever think of there being styles in shrubs as well as in clothes or fur-niture? At a time when it was the fashion to have double Kerrias peoplefavored a Spiraea which is not often set out to-day, although it is very beautiful,the Plum-leaved Spiraea or Bridal Wreath. Its place is being taken by themore graceful Van Houttes Spiraea which has become exceedingly popular be-cause of its wand-like branches laden with masses of white bl
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