MONTHLY CALENDAR. 



699 



Bibes, the whole species, from 

 Kubns laciniatus 



„ fruticosus flore pleno... 



,, „ flore pleuo roseo 

 Spiraea corymbosa 



,, salicitblia 



„ arifulia 



,, grandiflora 



And the whole are beautiful, 



varying in height from 



Syringa vulgaris (the common 

 lUac) 



„ „ flore pleno ... 



„ alba 



„ Chailes X 



,, persica ( Persian lilac) ... 



„ rothomagensis 



5, Siberian lilac 



All are beautiful. 

 Viburnuni 8terile(Guelder rose) 



,, pruuifolium 



„ dentatum 



Wiegelia rosea 



„ amabilis 



PEET. 

 2 to 6 

 10 



12 

 5 



10 20 



10 



10 



4 



6 



6 



10 

 6 

 4 

 5 

 5 



20 



6 



8 

 8 



10 

 6 

 6 

 6 



2 1 88. Choice list of American plants, which, although they may thrive in 

 any good soil generally, do best in peat-earth : — 



Andromeda floribunda 

 „ grandiflora ... 

 „ polifolia 



FEET. 



1 to 2 

 1 2 

 1 — 



But the whole are beautiful, floribunda 

 being the best. 

 Azalea procumbens, 6 inches. 



2189. There are over a hundred varieties of these grown in many nurseries. 

 They vary in height from three to five feet, and the great thing in ordering 

 them is to secure the colours as distinct and striking as possible. They vary 

 in price from Is. 6d. to 85. Qd. ; are perfectly hardy, of beautiful habit, and 

 of the most deUcate and lovely colours. 



2190. Ericas. — The whole are beautiful. A few of the best have already 

 been named in this work. 



Gaultheria procumbens 6 inches. 



FEET. 



Salmia latifolia 3 to 10 



,, myrlifolia 2 3 



By far the most beautiful of all the 

 Kalmias. 



2191. BJiododendrons.—^ince the rise of the great Bagshot and Knaphill 

 nurserj'men, these have not only increased and multiplied, but improved so 

 rapidly by crossing, that they are now, without exception, the most splendid 

 and magnificent of all our hardy shrubs. They are also so cheap as to be 

 brought within the reach of all, and yet many of them so valuable as to con- 

 tinue the luxm'ies of the rich. Thoy vary in price from 155. a hundred to 

 15 guineas a plant. Nothing equals the common Ponticum for underwood in 

 plantations, or furnishing cover for game. There are about eighteen or twenty 

 varieties of this class alone, including almost every shade of colour. The 

 splendid Catabiense variety has been almost equally fruitful in hybrids, and 

 presents its formidable list of albums, roseums, purpureums, splendens, &c. 



