The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-23

holds them until growth starts in the fall. Because of this and it's other
 advantages this barberry is one of tho
 very best hedge plants which can be used, especially for suburban homes
 where tall hedge is not needed.
 Perhaps 1t should be said that this
 plant, which was introduced by the
 Arnold Arboretum in Boston many
 years ago does not harbor wheat rust
 like the sO-caIIed common barberry,
 and therefore can be planted safely
 in any part Of the country.
 The common barberry has become
 an outlaw, especially in wheat grow
 ing sections, and should not be plant
 ed under any circumstances, ai-
 though it is ornamental and hardy.
 If you should go into Q well ar
 ranged garden at this season, you would probably find a number of
 plants which are just as beautiful in
 fruit as they were in flower. This
 applies to many of the roses which
 carry large highly colored hips, to
 use the name given to their fruits. These remain decorative for a long
 time.
 Then there are Cottoneasters, sev-
 eral species of which have very hand some red berries, and are among the best of the newer shrubs. Several Of the native Eiburnums have pretty berries, and of course the High Bush Cranberry, which is really a Viburn- u1n has come to be a common occu- pant of gardens, being treasured par ticuarly for it's bright red fruit. Most people know the Winterberry, with it's handsome white fruit borne early in the fall. but are less familiar with it's near relative, the Coralberry. This is of the hest of | plants for garden decorat ton, it's pink ! decoration, its pink fruit being car ! ried for 8 long time and proving
 most decorative. This shrub should | be used more often than it is.
 | Among the handsomest of all | shrubs for the fall is the Euonymus 1 bungeanus. The plants are covered 1 with little red fruit hanging from 1 pink capsules and the effect at a 1 distance is so unusual that people who see it for the first time often | bloom.
 Even after very cold weather | comes you may still have color in the 1 garden by using the doswoods which 1 have brightly colored wood, either | red or yellow.
 | Of course this is touching only l lightly on the various shrubs and l trees which may be set out now, and 1 includes some of the newer species with which the public is not very 1 familiar and yet which deserve . | place in gardens everywhere. It would | be a good thing for general results if | home makers would study their cata- 1 logues and introduce enough new things to break up the monotony so | often found in countryside planting. | The old fashioned Weigela, for in | stnce, Is handsome enough, but the | red lowered Eva Rathke is a great | improvement. It is difficult to find a I sweeter shrub than the old time | syringa. Yet there are newer sorts l which are very much handsomer. with their large, milk-white blossoms.
 even though they lack the fragrance of the common mock orange.
 So with the l11acs. There are dozens
 Of new varieties as well as some species from China which are well
 worth planting. Among the latter is l Syringa villosa, which is valuable 1 because 1t blooms later than all tho common 1ilacs and thus pro1ongs the season. When you buy Hlacs if you insist upon having them grown on their own roots instead of being bud ded on some other stock, you will probably escape some trouble.
 There Is no reason why roses should not be set out now, although it is often wise to have the beds made up somewhat in advance of
 planting time. The hybrid perpetuals
 and in most sections the hybrid teas
 may be set out safely now.
 Of course the tea roses are not so
 hardy in the northern sections, in
 any event. Rosa rugosa, which makes
 a splendid hedge, especially at the