Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-19

satsSfaek6riix ss a hedwe. aath6ueh not to |
 be pianted ss thickly as prfvet or bar befry. There are numteF C honey
 suohle6 not In commerce which Will de- iirht the puhlic in few years from now. 9AerS h one other goo4 point abouf ali honeysuckies which rust not over look. T7ieir leaves are very persistent, tkdS 6f almost any 6thef shrub which is lnot truly evergreen In the north. Last Chrisfi7iaS q saw honeygnelieg ip the | Arnold afDofeturn near Boston, the fol- | iaRe of which Waa just as green as 1t lhad been in the middle of summer, or At least 1t looked so in contrast with the | Sn6ulS0SSf6d ground. The only other IpiantS which Come eO my mind that hold bthefr leaves nearly so long are some of the ofivcts, And surely 1t is a fine thing lto have NfSefl and red, as we'll as black
 ana white ils. He garden ifi mid-wirtef.
 SSlfS Sf fhS f0Ses adorn the eafNeA in
 winter as wen as in summer, if the own
 er Is not in toe much of q enrry tocut l them down. The fruit of rosa rugosa,
 the Japanese brier rose, Is very orna- | mental, and 50 Is that Of ross multihora and rosa blanda- Some Of the chmolns
 lroses. too, Hiawafha being an -exam9le
 pr6iuce numerous red "hips," to use the
 botafiiSAa name for rose fruits.
 P66Sf6ly t6e haWthorns are more prop
 eriy clzased as trees than as shrubs, yer
 many 6f tlieii are not very large when
 IfuIl Grown and prove great adornmeHt
 Ito any garden. The fact Is that the buy
 ling ptHiiE has never come to fully realize tho yalue of the EAernf of which tniI cotHffy has q great number. Both tnt Wa5hiliSf6n thofrie and the eoekspul , ttA6rh Have delightful white flowers ane
 trrest d1Aatities of brilliant scarlet minia 5 ltuFe SplieS, which stay on the hTanehei :. uIifil late fn the winter; the scarlet thorI :. iS another good kind, with laFke fruits S land well adapted for forming SCI sens, Fe ! tthat matter, most of the thorn app E make good screens or hedges. esneeta4iy < 1 the owner desires to keep 0tN Mtfuaers < whether raaI, or beast. for the batbs wit l, which the branches are supplied are yer S strong and very sharp. The best time ], Ises out or transplant the hawthorne is
 Itho spring, when they are much e2sie a Ito handle with success than In the fall . Perhaps you know the strawberry-husl 1. which is clothed with scarlet berries | the f4li7 similar but better both as ,S foliage and fruit b the spindie tree wa' . kthe Botanical name of euonynus enf' :. Ipaeux. In the same family ia the wingt .a burnirk bush, which Is wonderfully hani ,a sono in the fall, not only for its II I ffuft, but also fer the brilliant criInst i; tof the foliage. These different forms is the euonynius are among the most iAte d estiRg shrubs 6ne can grow. When a. fruit capsuls open, a tiny red or cr&nt
 eoiofed ball fa seen suspended from n, minute thread and people are often d iri esived St first fnto thinking that the I- fruits are bl6sscras. The burning bush ry made doubly interesting by the fact tn e. the branches arc covered with peculi s- cork like .baSk.
 rs Tn, the sane family is the running fol It's of euoHyrnuS often called the evergre nd Ibitt2F-Sweet, which kolps It's leaves
 n- winter and eau bs used to grow on va IT. of stone and brick Ike ivy. When V Id established 1t. too. has oranae-red fTu
 and in the catalogues you will find 1t li nk ed as euonynauS radicans vegetua-
 es. 1 Finally there are the barbefries, anso " the most useful of all shrubs for win re decoration, because of their bright he berries. produced In the most free-haI ost cd manner and retained SM winter.s I ra- fortunately the common barberry and big purple barbefry must be exclud6d as u ren are charged with harboring wheat n
 in No such complaint has been made agai vi. the Japahese b4rberrys however, q the for which we should be grateful, for ore shrub Is more generally useful for m bst ing hedges, for planting around the ho om or for bordering walks, q shrub that ell. dependable and beautiful in summer 1 cry Iwintef alike