. 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. 1666 SHRUBBERY SICANA in a continuous border there should be places where shrubs of larger size occupy the full width so as to bring- growth of considerable height into the lawn. The arrangement should be varied so as to avoid all monotony, but in securing this variation a mixture of miscellaneous shrubs of all
. 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. 1666 SHRUBBERY SICANA in a continuous border there should be places where shrubs of larger size occupy the full width so as to bring- growth of considerable height into the lawn. The arrangement should be varied so as to avoid all monotony, but in securing this variation a mixture of miscellaneous shrubs of all kinds does not give as good an effect as broader areas of single species or genera. genus is reduced by Bentham and Hooker to a section of Potentilla, but Britton and Brown keep it separate chiefly on the ground that the pistils are only 4-12 in number instead of very numerous as in Potentilla. Sib- baldias are densely tufted, hardy perennial herbs with woody stems. The Ivs. have prominent stipules and 3 leaflets, each of which is characteristically 3-toothed at the apex. The fls. are about 34 in. across or less, and have 5 minute yel- low petals much smaller than the re- markable calyx, which has 5 broad lobes, alternating with 5 smaller and narrower lobes or bracts. prociimbens, Linn., ranges from the arctic regions to the summits of the White Mts. and in the Rockies comes as far south as Utah. It is also found in arctic and alpine Europe and Asia. B. B. 2 plant is recom- mended by some persons, but is not known to be advertised for sale in America. -^_ jj^ 2325. Planting may relieve the angularity of foundations, trumpet creeper. slightly interspersed at the margin with shrubs of another kind. Straight i*ows should be avoided. A laborer or a novice when told this will arrange the plants in a zigzag manner, thinking that he is placing them irregularly, the result often being almost the same as that of two rows. If the group is being planted along a straight line, a
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