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us its branches, loaded with white blossoms ; yet, alas, 

 they have no perfume ! 



In the earliest days of spring, would we have a shrub 

 in flower in the garden, we must have planted the white 

 and purple Daphne Mezereon, and long before winter has 

 departed, these little shrubs will be loaded with bloom. 



Before they have faded, we may gather a rich, golden 

 bouquet from Forsythia Viridissima, and wreathe among 

 them the flame-colored buds of the Japan Quince (Pyrus 

 Japonica). 



There is also a white, a red, a double, and an orange 

 variety of this last-mentioned flower, which to us is one of 

 the early glories of spring. 



Our list of shrubs would be incomplete did we omit the 

 Snowball ( Viburnum opulus), and the Cranberry Tree 

 (V. oxy coccus), both of which are ornamental in a high 

 degree. These plantc are botanically identical. 



One of our modern introductions, the pretty Weigela 

 Rosea, is already common in the garden, and perhaps there 

 is no shrub a more universal favorite, certainly none that 

 will give a greater profusion of bloom. 



Our garden is, however, in need of some hardy climbing 

 plants ; we therefore give a list of fine species : 

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