Hardy off; moreover, it has the advantage of being cheap and repro- 

 cheap ducing itself readily by suckers. It requires no treatment except 

 Shrubs tne knifing back of the strong shoots in the Spring. 



Leycesteria formosa, a very old-fashioned and meritorious 

 shrub now too little planted. The white Jasmin-like flowers, 

 backed up by the warm Bougainvillsea-like bracts, followed 

 again immediately behind by the small black cherry-like fruit, 

 without stalk, mark it out to anyone who has a seeing eye, and, 

 coming late in August, are very welcome. It is sub-evergreen, 

 and a rampant grower where the frosts are not too hard on it. 

 It stands the knife perfectly, and can be pruned back in Spring 

 as severely as is thought desirable. The bright green of the large 

 hollow stems makes it useful in Winter. 



Kerria japonic a var. Its habit is quite different from the 

 common green type, as it is compact and bushy, the effect in a 

 mass of its delicate silver foliage is excellent, being soft and not 

 the least garish, it has the additional virtue of doing comparatively 

 well under the shade of trees, and it holds its leaf until Winter is 

 well advanced, when the green stems show up almost as bright 

 as the Leycesteria. 



Fuchsia Riccartoni is a profuse autumn flowerer, and 

 although anywhere north of London it dies down to the ground, 

 however mild the Winter, yet the clear dark-brown wood looks 

 very pretty until the time comes for it to be cut away for the new 

 growth. I have never known the roots to be killed however 

 severe the season. 



Among the Bamboos, Arundinaria japonic a syn. Bambusa 

 Metake is the only one which is at once cheap, hardy, and 

 indifferent as to soil and situation^ provided it be not too much 

 exposed to wind. Though it enjoys the vicinity of water, it 



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