The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-20
WINTER LANDSCAPES
Varied Bright Berried Shrubs Fer
the Home Grounds.
BEAUTY AND CHEERFULNESS
They Are Inexpensive and Decorate a
Season When Other Plants Are
Bare-Shrubs With Brilliant Bark
Are Also Available.

grounds should be deSolate looking
five-twelfths of each year." a nursery
man whose speciality is landscape gar
dening told reporter. "Berried shrubs
that cost less than half dollar apiece
and will give a fair show the second
year after planting are all that is need
ed.
There are twenty-three or twenty
four kinds of shrubs with bright col
ored bark or berries which if planted
in the home grounds would transform
the average garden in the north from
dreariness and monotony into ever
changing scenes of beauty and cheer
fulness. None of them is slow grow
ing, costly or short lived in this eli
mate
I'VE 90 south in the winter and eX-
claim over the fact that we see green
things in the home grounds. We sell
dom consider long enough to realize
that they are evcrgreens. and. although
most of the broad lcaved varieties are
not to be had in the climate of the
northern states. there are many other
shrubs just as beautiful that we
might have if we took the trouble to
plant them. From now until the
ground freezes this planting can be
done with success though it is best to
get them in 50 that the earth will
have a little time to settle about the
roots before real winter begins.
"About the best known of these ber-
ried shrubs is the snowberry. and it
is about the least attractive of them
all 1t is grown exclusively for its
white glistening berries. because its
flowers are insignificant and its foliage
embarrassing. The berries though
beautiful and usually abundant offpu
lose their freshness and become an
unsightly brown in February and
March
The four next best known bcrr;a5
shrubs are IN NV oninion rho host for
plantinr I'm tnn homo or,unds fo,. +I,o
sake Of bnotItifvino rb.,,, d,,rin,, +bo
cold months Tha, arn rho ra,,,noso
barbprry tbe rom,nop or American
D1rhElTE ln hiph Inns horny ar
the Rosa muI,ia,ra of I'm. forr tho
Jananrsr barbnrr,, i. INV. r,,.,.,;1.
.Don't Let ann, oun ,ni.,..,r,. ,,,, 3,
Dlant Rosa rugnsa for its ,yfntar b.r-
rics II * nuitn trra that its frri+ f..
as bright rolnral as thar Of tha mu,ti-
fora. but the berries are coarse in com
parisou ana become un>i.htfv soon art-
er the first severe spell Of cold wealth
err | never expect mine to look we'll
after Christmas.
"Thp mutllora berries are not SO
large as those Of the high bush Gran
berry. but considerably larger than eli
ther variety of the barberrv. They
grow i'll large clusters. brilliant red
and extremely beautiful in the winter.
especially with a snow background or
amid glistening Sleet. The plant is a
strong grower and is commonly rated
as a climber Its single white bios
SONS come in June and are produced
in large clusters
ut is not troubled with garden in
sectS nearly 50 much as other varie
tl't' VI SHtH'i l'9tN anu - lpl5 iNtu
and well adapted to the climate of the
northern states. 1t is one Of the par
entS of the crimson rambler, and to
me its berries look as beautiful in the
winter as the blossoms of the rambler
do in the spring and summer. l con
slider it next in Importance to the bar
berries for cheering up the home
grounds in the winter. The plants are
slightly more expensive than those of
the common barberry, though cheap
enough to be within the reach of any
owner of home.
The high bush cranberry has the
largest winter red berry among the or
namental shrubs that are to be mad
for small amount of money. The
shrub usually grows as tall as man.
though under good conditions l have
seen it attain more than ten feet.
at is the single Powered form of the
old fashioned SNOWFALL and bears its
fruit in pendent punches Of from four
to about one dozen berries each The
fruit shrivels to some extent during
the winter, but even at that it will
measure three-eighths of an inch in
March 1t is a good shrub for winter
ornamentation, and both the blossoms
and the leaves make it worth while in