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as the foregoing, with the addition of blood red 

 stamens. 



Ribes. Flowering Currant. Too well-known to need 

 description. In addition to the common variety R. san- 

 guinea, the Buffalo Currant (R. aureum), with yellow 

 flowers, and the double form jlore-pleno, which blooms 

 later than the type, should also be grown. 



Syringa. Lilac. Grouped in bold masses, the Lilac 

 family is a charming one in the garden. A sheltered 

 corner devoted to a representative collection, or a good 

 hedge formed of several varieties, is the way in which 

 they should be grown. A straggling bush, hemmed in 

 by coarse evergreens, is a poor way of displaying so 

 charming a flower. The following are worthy of notice : 

 S. chinensis, with rich violet flowers ; 5. japonica, with 

 large creamy-coloured flowers ; and 5. persica, the 

 Persian Lilac, a much smaller kind, which looks well 

 planted in the foreground of large groups. The flowers 

 are pale mauve. The white variety, Marie Legrange, is 

 very handsome. 



Choisya Ternata. Mexican Orange-flower. Not quite 

 hardy, but worth a sheltered position, on account of its 

 shining evergreen foliage and abundance of pure white 

 flowers. It is a good plant for warm seaside districts. 



Cotoneaster. Rockspray. Hardy and easily grown 

 rock-shrubs. C. buxijfolia forms a good-sized bush, the 

 flowers white, and produced abundantly. C. microphylla 

 is useful for walls or sloping banks in the rock garden, 

 where there is a bare space which needs covering. The 

 Cotoneasters are evergreen, and in winter are rendered 

 bright and showy by clusters of scarlet or crimson 

 berries. 



Forsythia. Golden Bell. Dwarf-growing subjects, of 

 exceedingly graceful habit. F. suspensa is the best 

 known, and the long trailing branches, covered with 

 golden blossoms, look especially well hanging over a 



