Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-12-28
Hardy Ornamental Shrubs.

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proposed agreement unsigned.
Hardy Ornamental Shrubs.
Department of Horticulture and Entomology.
Experiment Station, Manhattan, Kansas.
The perton who is expecting to
add any new features of beauty to his
home grounds in the coming spring
should begin now, if he has not
begun already, by perfecting the
plan by which he is to proceed. If
one does not plan he ia sure not to
execute or to execute improperly.
The ornamentatisn of the home,
above all things else, should be done
wit iorethought and mature consid-
GRAFTON. II You would be satisfied
with your home and contented in it,
then, in planting, sowing and pruu
ing, adopt plan and follow it out.
It ID not enough to adopt a plan ID
time. It is essential also to order
In due time the stock you wish to
plant. Nurserymen cannot, and
most of them do not claim to guaran-
tee their late shipments as they do
their early ones. It is in late
orders that stubstitutions of variety
and quality are made. order in
time.
Decide ON what you want and
order from the nearest reliable
nurseryman. If he does not have it
he will procure it for you or give
you the addresses Of those who have
it. This department is always ready
to furnish the addresses of reliable
firms to those who ask.
The question of soils is scarcely
10 be considered, since almost any
soil to be found in the state is
capable of supporting the best of our
handsome boomers. However, the
physical condition of the soil may be
such ~ TO require some treatment
before committing a valuable shrub
to it. If the subsoil is hard and
tenacious it should be broken up go
that the roots of the plants and
moisture can penetrate it. For
large plots a subsoil pillow is best,
but for single plants, or for a small
number, spade is effective. Dig
hole wide enough and deep enough
for the roots to grow uncrsmped for
. year or two. Fill in the b ottom of
the hole with surface sol and tramp
1t until it is firm. 1t is best to set
the plant little deeper than it
grew in the nursery. Before plac-
ing 1t in the ground see that the
broken and torn root are all cut
away. II the ends of the roots are
injured they should be pruned off.
leaving smooth cut. Further than
this root pruning is of very doubtful
efficacy.
The tops may, perhaps, be shorten
cd advsntageously, but If the top is
of good shape severe pruning is not
desirable. The soil should be
packed firmly around and over the
roots to the level OF the ground, but
II dry weather is expected, leave the
soil around the plant lower than the
surrounding surface. This method
has been found of great advantage
IN the drier portions of the state.
The following shrubs, arranged in
the order of their blossoming period,
have been found perfectly hardy at
the college and have, besides the
highest attributes of beauty, dignity
and grace.
PyRUs JAPoNIcA Japan Quince) -
An upright bush bearing scarlet
flowers very early in the spring
before the leaves are out.
SPrRAxA PRuN1roL1A( Bridal wreath)
"A small spreading shrub, five feet
high, bearing small white double
flowers in great profusion.
EPTsAEA VAN HouTH.-A very
graceful shrub, six feet high, spread
INK, be airing a wealth of white
blossoms in early spring, about
week later than S.prunifolis.
L0NIcERA TATARIcA bush Honey
suckle)- -An upright shrub, eight
feet 10 ten feet high, bearing hand
s0me pink or white flowers in rather
Darly spring.