TREES AND SHRUBS FOR DIFFERENT FLOWERING EFFECTS : Page 383

The small home owner in general is much more interested in hisability to procure trees and shrubs which will give him a continuoussuccession of bloom. This also is not always practical; but there is agroup of standard shrubs, the use of which will provide as continuousbloom as can be obtained through the combination of any group ofshrubs. It must be remembered that some varieties of shrubs willflower at a slightly later period than other varieties, and for thisreason it is quite possible to obtain what seems to be a continuousseries of bloom. The most prolific blooming shrubs, however, seemto flower during the months of May and June. During the latterpart of July we have but a few shrubs, such as the hydrangea, the