THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



which bloom when very small, with single, semi-double or double flowers, 

 deliciously scented. 



Take again the lilacs, the most beautiful and valuable of all the flowering 

 shrubs. By planting even six or eight kinds, commencing with Syringa 

 oblata, which blooms on or about April 22, and including some of the 

 man}' beautiful h3'brids introduced by M. Lemoine, of Nancy, France (the 

 greatest hybridizer in the world, who leads in the production of deco- 

 rative plants) with Syringa villosa and the Rouen lilac, and with the Japa- 

 nese tree varieties, S. Pckinensis and 5". Japonica, we can have fully two 

 months of lilac flowers. 



The Chinese buddleias, more especially such forms as B. variabilis mag- 

 iiifica and superba, which flower for several months and bear racemes six 

 to eighteen inches long, of mauve or lavender, deliciously scented flowers, 

 should be in every garden. Young plants from three-inch pots will, in 

 good soil, grow five or six feet high the first season. They are best cut 

 down to the ground each spring, wdien they will break awaj' with vigor. 

 Then again we see practically everyone planting Spiraea Van Hoiittei, a 

 much overdone, if handsome, shrub. I consider S. arguta far more beau- 

 tiful and graceful. The new and tall-growing 5". IVilsoni, with pale pink 

 flowers, and S. Hcnryi, with pure white flowers, are varieties I would 

 commend to 3'our notice. 



Lonicera Morrowi and L. tatarica are two beautiful bush honeysuckles. 

 I would ask you, however, to plant L. Maackii podocarpa with pure white 

 flowers, followed by g'lorious scarlet berries, carried very late in the season. 

 Acalea mellis is well known, but anyone who has seen the brilliant A. 

 Kaempferi will want to plant it. Then again Exochorda grandiflora 

 JVilsoni is a great improvement over the type. In the waj' of smaller 

 shrubs, Escholzia Stauntoni, treated as an herbaceous plant, makes a fine 

 border plant, its rosy purple flowers carried on terminal erect racemes. 

 Hypericum Moscriamim, the large-flowered St. John's wort, has a splendid 

 companion in the new Hypericum patttlum Hcnryi. The foregoing names 

 are merely given as suggestions, and must not be considered as more than 

 a very partial list of flowering shrubs. 



Where space will permit, one or two flowering trees should be admitted 

 and given a chance to show their form and individuality. Suggestions 

 are: Mains Scheideckeri, M. angiistifolia Bechteli, M. floribunda and M. 

 spcctabilis ; Cornus florida and its pink form rubra; various magnolias, 

 Crataegus, and the Judas-tree, Cercis canadensis. 



Speaking of flowering shrubs, it is well to remember that, with few ex- 

 ceptions, they should be pruned not in winter, but directly after flowering! 

 Some evergreens should be planted at the sides of the entrance door of 

 the home, or banked along the front. Retinisporas, thujas, Taxus, and 

 Juniperus are all good for this purpose. Where they can be broken from 

 the winter morning sun hybrid rhododendrons will do well, provided they 

 can have the needful water, and be well mulched in summer and winter. 



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