50 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Common Laurel ; Euonymus, or spindle-tree, plain and variegated ; 

 Gum Cistus ; Hemlock Spruce ; Holly ; Laurestinus ; Portugal 

 Laurel ; Phillyrea ; Common Irish Tew ; Arbor vita? ; Juniper 

 Savin ; Rosemary ; Lavender ; and Rue. Of the above, the holly, 

 the yew, the bay, and arbor-vita? grow largest ; the four last are 

 most dwarf, and should, therefore, be nearest the edge ; but all may 

 be kept close and compact by timely and judicious pruning. In 

 planting them, care should be taken that the hole be made large 

 enough, and that they be not buried deeper than they have been 

 used to, and that they be well settled in with water, and no matter 

 what time of year it is done. But there are some who would prefer 

 deciduous shrubs to evergreens, on account of the blossoms they 

 produce, which is certainly reasonable ; but for reasons which any 

 one may discover who will give attention to the subject, deciduous 

 and evergreen shrubs should not be mixed ; let them be by them- 

 selves, and a collection of the following will look gay in their 

 season : — Althea frutex, red and white ; Corchorus Japonica, yellow ; 

 Deutzia gracilis and scabra, white ; Pyrus Japonica, scarlet and 

 white ; Ribes, red ; Spirea, pink and white ; St. John's "Wort, 

 yellow ; Syringa, white ; Lilac, white, blue, etc. ; Guelder rose, white ; 

 Weigelia rosea, rose ; Daphne mezereum, red. Of these the two 

 latter are the dwarfest ; to which may be added hardy azaleas for the 

 front row ; but the latter require peat to grow in. They will not 

 thrive in common soil. None but young healthy plants of the 

 above should be admitted, and they should be kept within bounds 

 by timely and judicious pruning. The same rule should be applied 

 to these as to everything else, that is, to settle them in with water 

 at planting, and afterwards till they become established, or so 

 long as the weathtr holds dry. Some persons have a particular 

 fancy for American plants ; these are more expensive than com- 

 mon shrubs, on account of the peat which is necessary for them to 

 grow in, but they are splendid objects when in flower. Toung 

 plants of hardy hybrid rhododendrons may be had tolerably cheap at 

 most of the London nurseries. If these are planted in a centre bed, 

 they will have a fine effect in the flowering season. To plant them, 

 either the whole bed should be dug out to the depth of two feet or 

 so, and this filled in with chopped peat, and the Americans planted 

 therein ; or each hole should be made considerably larger than 

 would be otherwise required, and this filled in with peat. If the 

 subsoil is gravel, it would be better to lay a little clay at the bottom 

 of the bed or of each hole, for American plants require a great deal 

 of water while they are growing, and if the soil loses moisture very 

 quickly, they will not do well. Other Americans, which require a 

 little peat, although they will grow in other soils, are — Andro- 

 medas, Arbutus, Daphnes, Kalmias, Magnolias, Heaths, Empetrum, 

 or crowberry — the two latter, being most dwarf, are most suitable to 

 be nearest the edge. A little garden may be planted with shrubs 

 alone, and yet be made to maintain a creditable appeai-ance the 

 whole year ; but many prefer the space of a yard or so next the 

 edging to grow flowering plants. Tnis space may be planted with 

 hardy herbaceous plants, which are always green, and thus in keep- 



