Show Tie le the e Porch 0 C to 0 1 o t With Flowering Shrubs J f iy i 5 4 It r rr r 4 zy r rJ rr r J a yG r S y i Rhododendrons and azaleas pleasingly arranged link porch to ground Flowering crab has softening effect 2 ti T TC C T Well trimmed barberry combines with creeping and climbing climbing climb climb- ing rose for order harmony and beauty By HENRY PREE FREE Question before the house is How shall we tie the porch to the ground What to plant is the problem m. m Our two neighbors solved I it in their own way One with a desire for showy bloom chose the native rhododendron rhododendron rhododendron dron for height and the azalea mollis to face these evergreens down to the la lawn n. n A well placed flowering crab completed the pIcture picture picture pic pIc- pic- pic ture and softened the rather heavy lines of the porch Neighbor number two who gardens gardens gardens gar gar- dens In the rear wisely chose to keep his house in order The beautifully beautifully beautifully beau beau- trimmed barberry aided and abetted by the Dorothy Perkins rose leaves little to be desired A clean creeping completes completes com com- the trinity of order harmony harmony har har- mony and beauty Few evergreens should be in included included in in- and as there are so many excellent deciduous shrubs one might easily choose from the following following fol fol- fol lowing v For Planting on the Corners Flowering dogwood cornus florida florida florida flo- flo rida carmine flowering crab malus English hawthorne tha French lilacs syringa garis For Planting Under Porch Rail Mentor barberry men men- Chinese azalea azalea mollis moIlis dwarf mock orange philadelphus philadelphus phil phil- adelphus avalanche Tibetan honeysuckle Japanese quince cydonia japonica ca rose box cotoneaster siana Regel's privet southern bush honeysuckle lia fragrant viburnum viburnum viburnum viburnum num dwarf larf spires pink snowberry snowberry snowberry snow- snow berry Chinese abelia abella abelia abella grandi- grandi flora oak-leaved oak hydrangea hydrangea hydrangea hy hy- hydrangea hy- hy |