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selection of species, we subjoin the accompaLying list of 

 hardy and showy shrubs, which are at the same time easily 

 procured in the United States. A great number of addi- 

 tional species and varieties, and many more rare, might be 

 enumerated, but such will be sufficiently familiar to the 

 connoisseur already ; and what we have said respecting 

 botanical rarities in flowering plants may be applied with 

 equal force to shrubs, viz. that in order to produce a bril- 

 Uant effect, a few well chosen species, often repeated, are 

 more effective than a great and ill-assorted melange. 



In the following list, the shrubs are divided into two 

 classes — No. 1 designating those of medium size, or low 

 growth, and No. 2, those which are of the largest size. 



Flowtrixg in April. 



1. Daphne mezereum, the Pink Mezereum, B. M. album, the white 



Mezereum. 



2. Shepherdia argentea, the Buffalo beriy ; yellow. 



1. Xanthorhiza opiifolia, the parsley-leaved Yellow-root ; brown. 



1. Cydonia japonica, the Japan Quince ; scarlet. 



1. Cydonia japonica alba, the Japan Quince ; white. 



2. Amelanchier Botryapiiim, the snowy Medlar. 

 I. Eibes aureum, the Missouri Currant ; yellow. 



1. Coronilla Emerus, the Scorpion Senna ; yellow. 



2. Magnolia conspicua, the Cliinese chandelier Magnolia ; white. 



Mat. 



2. Crategus oxycantha, the scarlet Hawthorn. 



2. Crategus oxycantha, fl. pleno, the double white Hawthorn. 



2. Chionanthus virginica, the white Fringe tree. 



1. Chionanthus latifolius, the broad-leaved Fringe tree ; wliite. 



I. Azalea, rrany fine varieties ; red, white, and yellow. 



1. Calycanthus florida, the Sweet-scented-shrub ; brown. 



1. Magnolia purpurea, the Chinese purple Magnolia. 



2. Halesia tetraptera, the silver Bell tree ; white. 



2. Syringa vulgaris, the common white and red Lilacs. 

 1. Syringipersica, the Persian Lilac : white and purple. 



