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well, the foliage being thick and healthy, while the flowers are 
abundantly produced. It is of neat habit, and by judicious 
pruning may be kept to any desirable size. 
The Spurge Laurel (Daphne Lawreola) grows freely in many a 
town garden ; indeed, it is no uncommon thing to see large and 
well-balanced specimens where smoke and filth are the order of 
the day. It is a pretty evergreen shrub, of free and vigorous 
growth, and one that is well able to take care of itself under 
almost any conditions. It does well in the shade, and under the 
drip of other trees, though it is all the better of a sunny site, but 
not too exposed a situation. It is readily propagated, and young 
plants are usually found in quantity where old, established speci- 
mens abound. 
Cotoneasters of various kinds succeed well as town plants. All 
or nearly all are valuable for covering bare and unsightly objects, 
and as they grow well in the roughest and poorest of soils, they 
may be used in positions where other less accommodating subjects 
will hardly succeed. As ornamental plants, many of the Coton- 
easters are highly valuable, from their neat, glossy leaves and 
abundance of brightly-coloured fruit. Particular mention may 
be made of C. frigida, with its large clusters of scarlet berries ; 
C. Simonsti, with silky foliage and vermilion fruit; and our 
native C. vulgaris, a neat and hardy as well as free-fruiting 
species. 
Euonymus japonicus is another excellent shrub, one that 
succeeds admirably wherever it is planted. It bears trimming 
well, and so can easily be kept to any required dimensions. For 
free growth and a hardy nature it has few equals. It is not 
particular as to soil, and is an excellent dry-weather plant, easily 
propagated, and almost smoke-defying. 
The double-flowered variety of Prunus sinensis is hard to 
match, either for beauty of bloom or as regards its fitness for 
planting in our smokiest thoroughfares. In many of the worst 
smoke-infested districts of London and Glasgow, it and P. triloba 
appear in quite as good form and health as if they were growing 
in the open country. They are excellent hot-weather plants, for 
after hot and dry summers they do not seem so hard pressed 
as are many of what would be considered more robust subjects. 
Fairly good soil, and not too draughty a position, is all they need, 
while their after-management is of the simplest. 
The Almond (Amygdalus communis) and A. c. nana haye 
