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when they are cut in winter, they often die after the knife ; these 

 produce their flowers at the extremity of the same year's shoots in 

 large bunches, so that their branches must not be shortened in the 

 summer, lest the flowers should be cut off. The shrubs will grow to 

 be ten or twelve feet high, and must not be checked in their growth, 

 if intended to flower well. They are all highly ornamental plants, 

 mostly for the shrubbery borders and clumps, being planted accord* 

 ing to their habits of growth. 



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