_By preferred habitat of shrubs._ Moist places (19): 1, 2, 4, 9, 15, 17, 30, 36, 42, 50, 75, 78, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89. Indifferent (32): 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14, 24, 29, 32, 35, 37, 38, 41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 51, 52, 59, 60, 61, 62, 68, 70, 71, 72, 79, 80, 81, 90, 91. Shaded woods (13): 8, 16, 23, 25, 26, 27, 31, 63, 65, 67, 69, 74, 92. Dry places (19): 10, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22, 34, 39, 46, 49, 53, 54, 56, 58, 64, 77, 86, 93, 94. Swamps (6): 11, 40, 55, 66, 73, 76. Thickets (1): 19. Cool woods (4): 28, 33, 44, 57. In planning a screen for an unsightly fence or building, or to cover up some small landscape importunity, it is often essential to know, _en masse_, the heights of shrubs for such purposes. The following table gives the dimensions of the shrubs, normal individuals averaging about midway of the extreme heights given. _By height of shrubs._ One to four feet (13): 2, 6, 21, 27, 34, 56, 62, 75, 77, 83, 84, 91, 93. Two to five (24): 10, 11, 13, 16, 22, 25, 31, 36, 37, 42, 44, 53, 57, 60, 61, 65, 67, 69, 73, 81, 82, 85, 90, 94. Three to nine (29): 3, 4, 8, 12, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 32, 33, 35, 38, 39, 41, 43, 45, 48, 54, 58, 59, 70, 72, 74, 78, 80, 86, 88. Six to fifteen (21): 1, 5, 7, 18, 19, 29, 40, 46, 47, 49, 50, 52, 55, 64, 68, 71, 76, 79, 87, 89, 92. Ten to eighteen (7): 9, 23, 24, 30, 51, 63, 66. PLANTING TABLE FOR OUR NATIVE SHRUBS[3] --------------------+------+---------+--------------+----------------------------------------------- Common and Latin |Height| Color of| Preferred | Remarks and Notes Names |(feet)| Flowers | Habitat | --------------------+------+---------+--------------+----------------------------------------------- Flowering in | | | | MARCH-APRIL | | | | | | | | 1. Pussy willow | 7-12 |Yellow- | Moist |Flowers before the leaves come out. _S. cordata_, (Salix discolor) | | green| places | a larger bush, with broad leaves is worth | | | | cultivating. Not in the catalogues. | | | | 2. Dwarf willow | 1-4 |Brown- | Moist |Useful in masses. Can be made to grow in all (Salix tristis) | | green| places | sorts of places. One of the very earliest | | | | flowering shrubs. | | | | 3. Hazelnut (Corylus| 3-6 |Brownish-|Indifferent[4]|Nuts edible much gathered by the squirrels, americana) | | green| | The catkins out before the leaves. European | | | | hazelnut is a better plant. | | | | 4.