. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. & £$kj^ HOUSE. PORCH & <3a O FLOmRS @ ( N ) FLOW£RS Fig. 269.—Show poorly planned walks, drives and planting. For wet places we would select willows, swamp maple, sycamore,alder and others growing naturally along the waters edge ofstreams. Shrubs to Plant.—It is well for the owner to select those shrubswhich are native to his region. What is more beautiful as a shrubthan the wild
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. & £$kj^ HOUSE. PORCH & <3a O FLOmRS @ ( N ) FLOW£RS Fig. 269.—Show poorly planned walks, drives and planting. For wet places we would select willows, swamp maple, sycamore,alder and others growing naturally along the waters edge ofstreams. Shrubs to Plant.—It is well for the owner to select those shrubswhich are native to his region. What is more beautiful as a shrubthan the wild rose, wild blackberry, wild elderberry, and others HEDGES 371 which may perhaps be transplanted from their wild surroundingsnear by? There are a number of other shrubs that are always popular andmuch to be desired. Lilac, spirea (Fig. 273), syringa, golden bell,deutzia, althea, hibiscus and others may be purchased at low pricesand can be afterward greatly multiplied by easy methods. Many. Fig. 270.—Same as figure 269, replanned. of these may be grown by hard wood cuttings taken in the hedges use such plants as California privet, Chinese privet,hemlock, cedars, lilac, Japanese quince, Osage orange and of these can be trimmed to any form desired and made toproduce dense growths. Some of these are sometimes used asformal plantings in parks (Fig. 274). 372 BEAUTIFYING HOME GROUNDS The boxwood shrubs may be used either as ornamental clumpsor for hedges. The growth is extremely slow, but the beauty willcompensate for waiting.
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