Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-08-17
WILD SHRUBS.
Varieties Found In the Forest
Worth Transpianting.

"eF'h NFahsptuhtlhg.
The beauty of our native shrubs and
their Use as Towering ornaments for
large lawns becomes more appreciated
with each succeeding year. While the
cultivation of our native wild flowers
Is becoming very popular, until it is
now quite the fashion for all we'll
woods garden. some of our handsomcst
native shrubs are still neglected
Many Of the early towering varieties
may be safely transplantcd, and those
in bloom now may he marked for
transplanting later, after the flowers
disappear.
Those who live in the country seldom
| realize their opportunities for home
| adjournment with these shrubs growing
\ wild only Il short distance from their
| barren, uncultivated lawns.
You cannot say too much in favor
of planting our native shrubs" SAYS
, Prof. Stiles. the editor of Garden and
Forest. There is the spice bush of
our Northern woods, and the black
birch, the red bud and the corncls, and
the bird cherry and the magnolia of
our coasts. magnolia glauca, ono of the
most beautiful of all the maguolias
known.
Chinese varieties blossom OH bald
stems before there is Il sign of leaves,
and they look as If they had the hair
of. but our magnolias come out, the
creamy white blossoms among the
glossy new leaves filling all the air
with fragrance. There is nothing like
1t.
Our native laurels are beautiful
shrubs, and our crab-applc and oak
lcaved hydrangea of the Allegheny
mountains. The mountains that run
down into Virginia and Carolina are
the home of the richest varieties. but
every neighborhOod has some things
worth finding and growing"
The editor of the Housewife echoes
| the plea for these native beauties:
'',rhc amateur will find nothing better
worth taking into the home grounds
thuI the native shrubs. vines and trees
OF his own country and ncighbOrhood.
He will probably not be convinced of
this until he sees the shrubs in flower
from the first May day till the water
hazel brings out its catskins in autumn
Then, if he has an eye for the bcaut-
full he will c0vet such plants. mark
their site and transfer them when out
of flower. One can have little idea of
the noble growth into which these
shrubs can be encouraged or the fine
setting they make in familiar soil and
climate"
One must go to England to sec our
neglected Towering laurel. dogwood
and spicebush as furnishing luXuriant
in park and in terrace, the ornaments
! of high-class gardening. We can judge
little of their capabilities of beauty
from the wild specimens crowded in
! swampS and woods. But sometimes
| one comes on, Il wild apple tree on the
open hillside or Il white laurel in a
favored spot, and their beauty of out
line. their wealth of blossom are never
TO be forgotten.
The lovelcst memory Of my old home
is the wild Crab-apple tree Set out
| from the forest, the soul of music
transformed TO color in spurrcd bough
! rich, shining LEAKAGE, and clouds Of
! blushing pink bud and rosy blossom.
The blooming of such trees is a festival
to celebrate. as the Japanese hold Il
national feast at the Towering of their
cherry orchards. And the wild apple
| is beautiful in form, in leaf. in flower
and red frutage into November, when
| its dense, thorny sprays form pictur-
esque pencilings under the snow and
frost all winter.
! The beauty of early Northern woods
| IS the snow Of the Juneberry or shad-
| blow. its quaint native name noting
the date of its blossom. The dropping
white blossoms. with pinky tracts. re-
! licved by the silvcry, downy green of
the unfolding leaves and the refined
! coloring. make it even finer than the
tingcd pink. white and green Of the
Japanese hydrangea.
/ 1t is possible for nearly all howcr-loy-
I ers to find wild roses or the fragrant
sweet briar growing near their home,
! where they may be successfully trans
! planted. They are we'll worth cult
waiting, will prove to be ornamented to
any lawn and the foliage is always
| fine for bouquets. If both the white
and the pink varieties can be secured
/ they will make a handsome group when
planted with the lovely crimson rosa
rugosa, which has recently become so
popular.-Philadelph Record.