128 Ornamental Shrubs. 



flowers it is an object of rare beauty, whether seen singly, 

 in groups, or in the border. Few plants answer better 

 for bedding out, as it is more showy than the gera- 

 nium or the coleus, and does not need renewing every 

 year. The blossoms appear about midsummer and con- 

 tinue until cold weather. S. anthony waterer comes to 

 us from England as a recent production, and is presented 

 as a variety of 6^. biimalda. It is dwarf in habit, compact, 

 strong in growth, and perfectly hardy. The flowers are 

 in larger heads than in the original, appearing in June, and 

 if the old ones are removed as they begin to decay, they 

 will be succeeded by new ones, though more sparingly, 

 until frost. In color they are bright crimson or deep pink, 

 and as they envelop the bush the plant becomes one of the 

 most conspicuous objects in the garden. It grows from 

 two to three feet, and is well adapted to edgings of bor- 

 ders or paths, but is never more beautiful than when 

 planted in masses. 



S. reevesii, as known in the catalogues, is a Chinese 

 species, and one of the most beautiful-flowering sorts of 

 the whole family. The blossoms are larger than in most 

 of the early bloomers, of the purest white, and exceedingly 

 abundant. But it cannot be depended upon in our far 

 northern climate without especial care and protection, 

 though south of New York it does well. The flowers 

 come in round clusters early in June. There is a 

 double-flowering variety of this species which is of 

 much value where climatic conditions are favorable. 

 But, unfortunately, it is probably even less hardy than 

 the type. How far south it may thrive is scarcely yet 



