Show Shrubbery Planted Now Loses None of Its Vitality J JY Y t By MAUD CHEGWIDDEN S Telegram Garden Editor About bout the middle of October growers of nursery stock begin to dig shrubbery ready for their autumn sales and for the purpose of storing over over the winter preparatory ry to selling the shrubs in early spring ng These shrubs are kept in warehouses warehouses ware ware- houses louses houses which have been properly designed for for- such purposes where the temperature Is carefully watched so that the pl plant nt contents are held dormant If such digging were delayed delayed de de- de- de until spring when buyers are demanding their goods the nurserymen nurserymen nurserymen nursery nursery- men might find it impossible to dig because of adverse weather condi condi- Many amateurs I know have the idea that when they send an order to a shrubs and nd plants the firm in question simply sends a man out into the fields to dig the items ordered and to assemble assem assem- assemble ble them and ship them out But Butof of course such proceedings would never be practical On the th approach of wint vint winter r when there has b be been e e n enough frost to tend send the material into its dormancy is dug dugand dugand dugand and stored Be on Safe Side She How much more sensible it seems to buy shrubbery in the fall fal Immediately Immediately immediately im Im- Im- Im mediately after after- it has been dugand dug dugand dugand and to get it into the earth right away than to wait walt until spring and buy what has been out of its natural natural natural nat nat- ural element the earth for several months I grant that in a properly properly prop prop- erly arranged there is not much loss of vitality in plants but one never knows Far better to be on the safe side and have whatever you intend to buy In your own garden as soon as you can Shrubs planted in late October and November make excellent growth the following summer while this cannot always be said of spring- spring planted material Do as much of this work now as you can Shrubs are most important in any garden far more necessary to the garden picture than flowers Around the foundations of ot the house to disguise or to mask the ugly line where masonry meets earth we us use shrubs so that the house is isas as it were tied to the ground Imperfections in the design design design de de- de- de sign of the house may be hidden bidden very often by a group of shrubbery shrub shrub- bery carefully chosen and placed Serve as ns Background Background- All gardens which are intended to be used as part of the house it It- It- It v self should have surrounding walls of shrubs to serve servo serve as background as well as to Insure privacy If you have been getting along with your rear garden merely fenced in or left o open en to the passing persons person's stare now is your chance to purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase and set in place lilacs honeysuckle honey honey- suckle forsythia bridal wreath mock orange blossom or the many other beautiful shrubs which are perfectly hardy in our climate and which will not only supply green but will also add their quantity of bloom in certain sea sea- sons One thing must be bo borne in mind by the beginner and this is that beauty is not achieved from a plantIng plantIng planting plant- plant Ing of too many shrubs In various sorts Use three or more of a kind in groups and have a thought to their texture habit height at maturity maturity ma ma- and so on |