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foliage during the fall of the leaf. The Venetian 

 Sumach (R. cotinus) is one of the best. 



Tamarix. Tamarisk. Excellent shrubs for seaside 

 gardens. The flowers of T. gallica are white, tinged 

 with pink, and the small spikes look exceedingly well 

 among the feathery leaves. 



Spiraea. Shrubby Meadow Sweet. A large family 

 numbering many delightful varieties. It is useless 

 crowding these Spiraeas among a tangle of rampant 

 evergreens, as their graceful beauty is lost and they are 

 soon destroyed. Well-defined clumps on lawn margins 

 show them at their best. S. ariafolia, the Spray Bush, 

 is very lovely with its panicles of white flowers. S. 

 /aponica, with clusters of pink flowers borne on slender 

 stems, is another good kind ; and the improved variety, 

 Anthony Waterer, with blossoms of a rich crimson hue, 

 is most striking. The Plume Meadow Sweet (5. 

 Lindleyana) is a large and handsome kind, which requires 

 a fairly warm position, when its beautiful foliage is 

 particularly attractive. 



Hydrangea Paniculata Grandijlora. Plumed Hydrangea. 

 During the autumn this is one of the handsomest plants 

 in the shrubbery. Under good culture it produces 

 enormous clusters of white flowers, the whole bush 

 being often covered with a profusion of bloom. 



Kerria Japonica. There are few cottage gardens 

 without a bush of old-fashioned Jew's Mallow. The 

 long shoots are wreathed with small golden blossoms. 

 There is a variegated form of the single variety, which 

 is dwarfer than the commonly grown fare-p/ena. 



There is hardly a plant in the above list which is not 

 really beautiful, and fully deserving a place in the garden. 

 But space cannot be found for even half of them, still 

 less for many more which I have not mentioned, if the 

 old-fashioned shrubbery is to still monopolise all the 

 available ground. By all means let us have a few ever- 



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