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Trees, and Their Effect on the Flower Garden. The oldsaying is true, either the flower effect of the garden or the quantity offlowers cut for house use must be greatly reduced if the same gardenis to serve two purposes. It is also true that trees and desirable sorts of
Plate XXXI. It is quite important in the planting of the spring gardenthat the designer should know those shrubs which produce flowers before theleaves appear, similar to the Carolina azalea (B), and those early-floweringshrubs which produce flowers and leaves at the same time, similar to thebladdernut (A). (See page 154, group XIX-A)