312 Ornamental Shrubs. 



The late-flowering tamarisk, commonly known as T. 

 indica, unlike those already named, blooms on wood of the 

 same season's growth, and so must be cut well back in late 

 autumn or early spring, when the plant will put forth long, 

 slender branches, six feet or more, which will produce a 

 profusion of blossoms in August and September, afford- 

 ing a mass of color commingled with the fine, soft foliage 

 that covers the spreading steins from end to end. 

 " Nothing," says Garden and Forest, "can be more exqui- 

 sitely graceful than the entire habit of this plant, and it is 

 especially attractive in early morning when its branches 

 droop under the weight of silvery dew." Neither the 

 foliage nor the blossom differs in the early and late 

 species to any appreciable degree, but the training of the 

 plants must be quite unlike. If the early bloomers are 

 cut back after the flowering season is over, the flower- 

 buds for the next summer are all removed, and in this re- 

 spect the season's growth will be a failure. But, if the 

 branches of the indica are not cut sharply back at the 

 close of the season, the plant will make another growth of 

 six or eight feet, and the blossoms will appear only on 

 the new wood, leaving a mass of bare stems below, which 

 destroys the symmetry and attractiveness of the whole. 



KERRIA Globe Flower. 



THERE is but one species of the kerria which is 

 worthy of cultivation. It is a native of Japan and 

 known as K. japonica, and popularly called Jews' 

 Mallow, and is one of the early spring bloomers especially 

 suitable for growing on a wall or fence. It is a deciduous, 



