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wlicu they arc cut iu winter, they often die after the knife ; these 

 produce their flowers at the extremity of ihi; sauK; year's shoots in 

 large bunches, so that iheir branches must not be shortened in the 

 sumnK;r, lest the flowers should he cut oft". The shrubs will grow to 

 be ten or twelve feet high, and must not be checked in iheir growth, 

 if intended to flower well. They are all highly ornamental plants, 

 mostly for the shrubbery borders and clumps, being planlcd accord- 

 ing to their habits of growth. 



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