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corymbs of bright rose-coloured tiowers. many of 

 the branches arching over gracefully. 



A shrub which has attracted much attention 

 this year is V^iburnum tomentosum. The 

 bronchos, which are produced horizontally and 

 in tiers, have been covered with flat corymbs 

 of flowers, the showy flowers being, of course, the 

 ^arge white sterile ones on the outside, the 

 perfect flo\\ers in the centre of the corymb being 

 more or less inconspicuous. V. tomentosum 

 [)licatum has all the flowers sterile, the in- 



A most interesting and [)romising new tree is 

 Populus Wilsoni. which promises to be a most 

 ornamental and useful species. The first year 

 after planting growth was somewhat slow, but 

 this season, though growth was late in starting, 

 it had, by the middle of June, added nineteen 

 inches to its height ; with very large roundish 

 leaves and reddish -brown shining young shoots, 

 it is a most attractive young tree. Populus 

 lasiocarpa is another of the large-leaved section 

 making huge leaves, and it had added thirteen, 



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Photo bij (Icoiijc Furroit. 



florescence being more or less round and rather 

 similar to those of the common Snowball tree, 

 V. opulus var. sterile. Many of the new 

 Chinese Viburnums are now coming into flower, 

 but few of them promise to be of much merit 

 as far as their flowers are concerned ; some, 

 however, have ornamental fruits, which I hope 

 to refer to later. 



It is a good plan to grow on walls a few 

 specimens of shrubs which are doubtfully hardy. 

 There are many such which may flourish for 

 many years in the open, but when an extra 

 severe winter ensues they perish, or at least are 

 so enfeebled that they take several seasons to 

 recover. A case in point is Olearia stellulata, 

 which is now very beautiful, covered with pure 

 white flowers where it is growing against a wall ; 

 elsewhere in the grounds it is much disfigured 

 a,nd in cases killed. 



inches to its height at the same date ; as, 

 however, it had been transplanted a year later 

 it is likely that it would equal if not exceed 

 P. Wilsoni in rate of growth. 



Arbor. 



Primrose Evelyn Arkwright. 



There is hardly a more beautiful flower than 

 our common wild Primrose adorning some mossy 

 bank or nestling at the foot of a sheltering hedge. 

 In point of size, however, it is far exceeded by the 

 variety noted above. While retaining all the 

 beauty of colour and form seen in the wild plant, 

 the flowers are much larger, being quite two 

 inches across, while the leaves are large in 

 proportion. Given a half -shaded position in 

 moist soil a colony of health}- plants is a pretty 

 sight in ]May. 



