Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-03-15

ferent shanes on un rent snruDs anu 50 Oh
tn il colors and habits. The second point
lof beauty in shrub is its shape. Its head,
whatever be its form, should BE- thick 80
] whether round like the box, or trim and
spindle shaped like the Young althaa, hmis-
i rherlcaI ike the tartarian fonaysucg'a, fan
formed like the strawberry. shrub, urn ship
ed like ny honeysuckles, or always varying
/ i'm form like roses. or 1iiacs, or snringos;
and the mass II, leaxes should beFso fan ard
iuxnuiant. nsto msrN slisRnJtiy itst shape,
and distinguish il from all else near il. The
twigs, TOO. should, rs a last requisite, grow
up. gracefully, vario,islr colorfd. branching
off differently, so ~ in the absence Of leaves
and flowers, still to be beautiful to the eye,
and suggestive Of profnsion Of iovliness
when summer suns once more shaii5 shine.
Bus how soft AID various the cplors, however
eiegan. the forms Of the heads, AMI however
graceful the curves of the twlgs they will
not BE- perfect nor very attractive unless they
shall afford an Abundance of blossoms.
Fiowers--beaut fnl flowers once in The year
they shoall prodac. in perfect profnsion,
ana if thesa are highly perfumeti, AMI are
succeeded by bssy Of bright glossy berries,
they will be admired 1t is a great recdmi
mendation, at the sumo time. if these are
free from mss cts, anl are hardy and luxu-
ant growers.
Il A few plants AMI shrubs ought to be ram
4 before we coss The lilac, notwithstan ling
its commonn 81. and It's propensity to sprout
from IFS roots, i still with us fayorlte. Its
thick hea its fine heart shaped glossy leaves
graen from SPRINGS SUI shine 10 antumn's
frost---its beautiful cones Of graceful flowers
so rcdolent Of aromatic perfume-ln1 its
hardy Ii bits Of growing well in any soil or
in any exposure, conspire TO give IL a claim
III the eyes of all. ~ #if IN All
Still more can be said in favor Of the busl,
honey suck 'es. These are both very hard,
Egrac full inshapa-are beautifni in, sprin-,
VIII n wn,l With pink an white, or buff
and white biossGms-and in later summer
when GOV RID Wi h br ght da k r:mson ber
res. They ought by no means 70 b neglect
ed by any f4mity they can be so easily
raised from seeds or from layers, and are so
ornamental. The tartarian blossoms in
early MAY, and with It's rom led had, It's
fine leaves, It's gay colors,-is an iniispensi-
bic appendage to ev ry lawn. The fly hon
eysuckla has downy leaf and long slenle
droop NJ twigs of a fine lively drab co or.
The rries of both these shrubs are be utifal
gre wing IN pairs, and having bright bright
glossy lust+f. dark crimson Or oranr..
The str.aoarry shrub is likewise noted for
.ae beauty OF IS leaves and fruit. 1t will
oov.ne quite tree unless annually beaded
back. II must how yer b allowed To grow
to haighth Ct tea ID fifteen feet when il be-
comes cid. LIS leaves come out late, and its
berres, crimson and then p strawberry
color, 80 no reveal their br lliancY til after
the frost7 OF November. For these reasons
it should b. planted where it viii be re-
leyea upon Il ground Of evergrcens. The
H.. - :.
sometimes enormously called ALSO becomes
tree of some size and has a goodshara OF beam
ty. It's soft sweet green foliage, dropping like
ringlets from It's grac ful tsigs, its FIN, yell
low liowers ike clusters Of golden curls, rtn-
der it {; desirable lawn ornamea-. The rose
acacia has very awkward, Sprawllng habit
and can scarcely be trimmed into any de-
cency. Yet - branches byered with red
fu~-its downy green leaves long ard p,n,iant
and lis swe Pink bios sens, make it wof-.
thv Of place IN a corner of ward, or N
lis border among mass If Ofhrr plants
The indigo shrub, though not of n indsome
shape, has such pretty delicate leaves, aad
such trim taper spires Of purple and blue
flowers. aioFnel with a goldei dust oe pol
In. VII! always ronier it beaufifnl, III it
BENDS up these sp kos from among the dr.
row.
TIL old SNOWFALL bush, or vibnrnum, ia
not great fayarite with Us; but with many
it's abundant white blossoms will make it
desir BILE. Il NAV be trained 20 grow upon
a Lad II hy the SIDE Of a ouse to the height
Of twenty lie / or more; and among iessa-
N rs and hone.sueaies lis large rouad loose
flowers viii b. pretty. The family of spir-
eas-elabracing several varieties, white. pink
and purple in eo.or--wili liserve some atten-
/ ~ Naf3inr syaapl rho Of
these blossoms when closely anlaed.
There afs two kinds common in IN st pas-
ture> iandS-one a very light pink or rose
color, the other light purpie-bolh Of
, which well deserve cultivation. They bios
son a rtn laaly, have very beautiful fin "
serrs.t i leaves, ar hardy and improve an
. der rs hand Of cure. Another shrub. "a native
OF our III eadows, has trim tapering spikes of
Lovely White, del cata'y psrfumed flowers,
, a as veil a. our. common azallas, ought
, by no IN ans to b. overlooked. We must
also IN ion the kalrnas--our wild moln-
tain, and deer-aarsd laurels-wb Oh in their
original homes, arr so beautiful for leaves
and blossoms. They are evergreens and
therefore should be cons dered Of double
: value. They vii! need ~ be plantea, how
ever, where the soil is not too. rich, nor the
exposure TOO sunny. The last named four
plants are still unclFil Zeu, anu Will require
great care IN transplansing anl naturaliz ne
them TO gar lens. f4st{ tft}
For early low RIM shrubs you wild need
the very common and very beautiful double
lowering apnnd, with its sief der twigs. AMI
thickIy wr ataed with pink blossoms; and
the Japan pear, with It's bright cherry, red
flowers. These both multiply rapldiy, AMI
might with riding care be made to take the
pl.cA of worse appsarlnga brars BY the
Ilwaysde. The Chinese magnolia is a maenif-