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all the new Coniferse, recently introduced, are treasures by themselves, and 

 well adapted to fill up the background of the shrubbery. Pillared roses 

 may also be introduced with excellent effect. 



1 148. But high -keeping is the great element of success in the shrubbery as 

 in the flower and kitchen garden. Keep the soil in good heart by dressing 

 with properly-prepared composts. Kemove all traces of disorder in the soil 

 by constant use of the rake ; let no trace of weeds appear ; study the natural 

 habit of every shrub, and keep it \ander control by the timely removal of 

 exuberant growth ; remove all decaying blossoms not required for seed ; peg 

 down early and continuously, in oi'der to encourage the development of trusses 

 of flowers, giving to each and all a combined air of freedom and trimness, 

 and the result will be order, elegance, and beauty. Appended is a list of — 



Choice Decichtous Shrubs, d'C, 



Althaea frutex, — bears various -coloured 



flowers, like single hollyhock; blooma 



early. 

 Almond, — dwarf and tall ; bears pink 



flowers ; very early. 

 Azaleas. — These may be had of many 



colours, — scarlet, red, orange, yellow, 



pink, bronze-colour, and shaded; blooms 



early. 

 Buddies globosa, — orange - coloured 



flowers. 

 Berberry, — flowers in bunches, yellow, and 



succeeded by scarlet berries, 

 Calycanthus floridus, — allspice-scented 



wood, with brown flowers. 

 •Chimonanthus fragrans, — dull-coloured ; 



flowers in the winter, highly scented, 



and before the leaves appear. 

 Cherry, — double-flowering. 

 Clematis (various). — The common is very 

 hardy and fragrant. 

 I, Siebaldii, — white, with blue 



centre, 

 „ azurea grandiflora, — rich 

 purple. 

 Cydonia (Pyrus) japonica, — scarlet 



flowers ; blooming several months in the 



year. 

 Cytisus (Laburnum), — yellow, purple, and 



other varieties ; flowering early in the 



spring. 

 Daphne Mezereum, — red and white. 

 Deutzia scabra, — flowers white. 



Gueldres rose, — bears white balls of 



bloom. 

 Thome's Crataegus, — red, double and 



single ; pink do. ; white do. ; and 



many varieties of fruit and foliage. 

 Jasminum nudiflorum, — yellow. 



„ officinale, — white. 



LUac,— purple, pale, white, Persian, and 



other varieties. 

 Louieera, — an immense number of species 



and varieties, and nearly all good, 



ranging from 3 to 15 feet. 

 Magnolia conspicua. 



„ purpurea ; and many other ex- 

 cellent species and varieties. 

 Peach , — double-flowering. 

 Philadelphus Syringa, — highly - scented 



white flower j leaves small, like the 



cucumber. 

 Eibes sanguineum, — crimson flowers. 



„ album, — white do. 



,, aureum, — yellow do. 



,, speciosum, — scarlet; a double 

 variety, — and many others. 

 Kobinia (Rose-acacia), — pink flowers; 



several varieties. 

 Moses. — There are upwards of 1,500 



varieties and species; but a list of these 



will be found elsewhere. 

 Spirtea, — many varieties, and all pretty. 

 Virginian creeper, — will grow to the top 



of a house, and the foliage turns crim- 

 son in autumn. 



1 149. Few things afibrd stronger indications of the necessity of renovation 

 and reform in a garden than the state of the evergreens and hedges. These 

 .are so easily and so insensibly suffered to grow wild, and are so seriously 

 injured by want of care and the proper use of the knife, that neglect cannot 

 go on very long without its ill consequences becoming manifest. Portugal 

 laurels and many other evergreens may be cut in ; but with the common 

 laurel it is a saving of time to cut it down at once ; so also with the arbutus and 

 sweet bay. Thorn, privet, and holly hedges, which from years of neglect are 

 found to be occupying too much space, must be cut in. The two foi'mer may 



