might be tried too ; its white flowers are deliciously sweet, and Grouping 1 

 are more abundant if its straggling shoots are pegged down with M. Stellata 

 stones, with other 



Near the Magnolias might be grouped the soft purplish Shrubs 

 pink bushes of Daphne Me%ereum, which, though they open in 

 March, last as a rule into April, and need white to throw up 

 their rather peculiar colour. 



At Kew the white Magnolia blossoms may also be seen with 

 Erica carnea below, and the bright pink of double Peach above 

 them, or a wholly white group might be planned, contrasting 

 the larger flowers of the Magnolia with the light blossoms of 

 Prunus Chamtzcerasus (the Siberian Cherry) or Amelanchier 

 canadensis, the early Spiraeas, or Exocborda grandiflora, which 

 would supply green to the group, as well as its delicate white 

 sprays. 



