The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 292 pages of information about The Library of Work and Play.

The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 292 pages of information about The Library of Work and Play.

May
Red-osier Cornus 4-8 ft.  White Red branched.  Plant
 Dogwood stolonifera in moist soil.

Japanese Snow Deutzia 1-3 ft.  White Very beautiful when
   Flower gracilis flowering.  Needs well
                                                   drained soil.

Japanese Viburnum 8 ft.  White Not as likely to have
 Snowball plicatum lice as common
          
                                         snowball.  Larger
          
                                         balls.

Lilac Syringa 15 ft.  Purple Very fragrant.  Will
            vulgaris grow anywhere even in
                                                   some shade.

June
Deutzia Deutzia 1-3 ft.  White Hardy; flowers showy.
            Lemoinei

Weigela Diervilla 6 ft.  Pink May have white or red
            Florida White flowers.  Flowers under
                                           Red trees.  Lives where
                                                    other shrubs die.

Spirea Spiraea 4 ft.  White Most showy of spireas.
           Van Houttei Grows anywhere.

Mock Orange Philadelphus 10 ft.  Varieties Fragrant;
            Coronarius of different makes good screen.
                                         colours.

Smoke Bush Rhus cotinus 4-10 ft.  Purplish Hardy.  Beautiful all
          
                                          summer.  Purple colour
                                                    changes to smoke
          
                                          colour.
July
Spirea Spirea 3 ft.  White Flowers run from white
            Bumalda, to deep pink.  Late
            var._Anthony_ flowering.  Hardy.
             Waterer

Sweet Pepper Clethra 3-10 ft.  White Moist soil or sandy. 
 Bush alnifolia Late blooming;
          
                                           fragrant flowers.

August
Althea, Rose Hibiscus 12 ft.  White to Very hardy.  Plant in of Sharon Syriacus purple any good garden soil.

September
Hardy Hydrangea 8 ft.  White to A showy shrub.  Flowers
 Hydrangea paniculata pink remain on all winter.

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