36 THE BOOK OF SHRUBS 



shrubs which has been greatly improved by the art of 

 the hybridist. They range from three to six feet in 

 height, and are free in blooming, their flowering season 

 being June and July. They are not particular with 

 regard to soil, provided the drainage is good, but a deep 

 friable loam to which a moderate addition of leaf-mould 

 or well-rotted manure has been added, is the best 

 suited to their requirements. They can be increased 

 by means of cuttings of well-ripened shoots in the 

 autumn. 



They are highly attractive in lawn groups and in 

 groups on the margin, or the first row of the 

 shrubbery, but in neither case ought overcrowding to 

 be permitted. The only pruning necessary will be the 

 removal of weak and exhausted wood. Especially 

 desirable for their beauty are Weigela Candida, pure 

 white ; W. Eva Rathke, bright purple-crimson ; W. P. 

 Duchartre, amaranth ; W. rosea, bright rose ; W. rosea, 

 amabilis pink ; W. rosea Desboisi, deep rose ; W. rosea 

 Gustave Mallet, deep rose. 



OTHER DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. Only a selection of re- 

 presentative shrubs has been described in this chapter. 

 There are many others of equal beauty and importance. 

 Nothing, for instance, has been said of that remarkable 

 Chilian shrub, Euddleia globosa, which is quite hardy in 

 the southern counties, and can be grown in most parts 

 of Britain, if a sheltering wall be afforded to it. No 

 mention again has been made of the beautiful race of 

 Tree Paeonies which Mr Kelway and other workers 

 have done so much to improve. But enough has been 

 said to enable the common-sense gardener to grow with 

 success any hardy shrub he may desire. 



