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Sophora Joponica pe7id2da, again, is a very handsome form, with foliage resembling 

 that of the Robinia (acacia), but darker in color. 



Gleditschia sinensis pendula, when grafted on Gr. tricanthus, as a stock, produces 

 a roundish head of bright deep green foliage, interesting from the diversity of form 

 exhibited in individual leaves, some being much compounded, others nearly simple. 



The Weeping Walnut Juglans regia is, as to shape of foliage, but not as to size, 

 like those just mentioned. Its habit is noble, its growth rapid. Have seen shoots 

 of eight to ten feet in a single season. 



Neiv Shrubs. 



The Dwarf Almond, Amaygdalus nana, is a deciduous shrub of low growth, 

 which, in the opinion of the florist and pomologist, should oftener find its way into 

 ornamental shrubberies. It is, however, one of the old fashioned things which 

 seem to be overlooked now-a-days. M. Carriere, has recently described {Rev. Hort. 

 1872, 340) two new varieties, which he calls A. n. microflora and A. n. Campanu- 

 loides. 



Amaygdalus nana microflora is a branched bush with sub-erect ramifications, 

 having the leaves like those of the type, oblong lanceolate, and the flowers small, 

 spreading, with narrow petals, often more numerous than usual, thus showing a 

 tendency to duplication of a lovely rose, each marked at the top, exteriorly, with a 

 deeper spot. 



Aniay gdalus nana Campa?mloides, so named from its numerous flowers, being 

 much more expanded than those of the type, so as to acquire a kind of bell shaped 

 form, presents little diflference of habit, but it forms, nevertheless, one of the 

 prettiest of shrubs at the time of flowering, since it seems to disappear, under the 

 quantity of its pale fleshy rose colored flowers. In this case the leaves are long, 

 narrowly lanceolate, with rather fine toothing. The multiplication of these two 

 plants is eff"ected by means of suckers, which are produced abundantly ; these should 

 be separated and planted in the autumn, for if this work is deferred till spring, the 

 plants scarcely push forth at all the first year. 



Philadelphus primulcpflorus is recommended by the Revue Horticole, a very pretty 

 hardy shrub. It is an issue from the common Syringa P. Coronarius. The names 

 given to it recall exactly the form of its flowers, which, in their aspect, are 

 analogous to those of the double flowered varieties of primrose, with which, in the 

 spring, one makes such pretty edgings. The character of P. primuloiflorus may be 

 thus summed up: It is a bushy, branched shrub, with short ramifications ; its leaves 

 are glabrous, regularly oval cordiform, of a deep green, dentate, with sharp spines- 

 cent teeth, having a bullate surface, and reticulate prominent veins; its flowers are 

 odoriferous, semi-double, of a fine white, with regularly rounded petals. 



In the opinion of the florist, it is a very pretty plant, especially remarkable for 

 the regularity of its flowers which, never thoroughly opening, rather recall those of 

 certain species of the Ranunculus, when they begin to expand. It is unnecessary to 

 add that it is hardy, and that its culture and multiplication are identical with those 

 of the common Philadelphus coronarius. 



