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the Experimental Farm is most charming in the pleasing contrasts of flower and foliage 

 which they display. 



7. Golden Leaved Spiraea. Spircea opulifolia aurea. — This attractive spiraea has 

 also been referred to under hedges (No. 12) as one of the most desirable shrubs for this 



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Fig. 6. — Red Tartarian Honeysuckle. 



purpose. It is equally useful on the lawn and in the shrubbery : although not specially 

 attractive in flower its clusters of seed vessels are pretty and its golden foliage contrasts 

 so beautifully with the deep green of a well kept lawn or the varying tints of green and 

 purple in the shrubbery that it has become quite a favourite. The golden leaved spiraea 

 is a strong grower, soon attaining a height of 5 or 6 feet, is more or less rounded in 

 form and rather stiff in habit ; the foliage also is larger that that of most of the spiraeas. 

 It is very hardy and may be easily grown from cuttings. 



8. Guelder Rose or Snowball. Viburnum opulus sterilis. — This is an old favourite 

 in gardens, too well known to need much description. It forms a very handsome shrub 

 with large foliage, and is a sterile form of the high bush cranberry, Viburnum opulus, in 

 which all the flowers are sterile and fully developed, forming large nearly globular 

 clusters, of a pure white colour which remain on the bush a considerable time before 

 fading. Fig. 7 represents a bush in one of the groups on the Experimental Farm. 

 This species may be propagated by layering or by cuttings of the half ripened shoots 

 made during the summer and inserted in sandy soil in a somewhat shady position. 



9. The Pliant Viburnum. Viburna lantana. — There are several handsome species 

 among the Viburnums besides the snowball, and one especially, the pliant viburnum 

 which commends itself for several reasons. This bush has already been spoken of 

 favourably under hedges (No.21). Grown as an individual specimen it makes a fine shapely 

 bush, erect in habit with beautiful foliage, and produces large flat cymes of white 

 flowers early in the season, which are succeeded by clusters of berries which at first are 



