The highly poisonous character of its sap is its chief drawback, Winter, 

 which prevents many from planting it, although we have grown Further 

 it for the last twenty years without experiencing any ill Shrub 



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iLuonymus europceus latijolius and E. alatus amencanus are 

 the two finest forms of the common deciduous spindlewood, and 

 are deserving of a place in every garden, the first (which can be 

 procured either as a shrub or standard) on account of its bold red 

 seed-cases, shaped something like a biretta, and the second 

 because the leaves turn a clear uniform rosy-red. They make 

 strong bushes. 



Cercidiphyllum japonicum looks like a refined pyramidal 

 form of Judas tree, and though not, I think, very hardy, and 

 suffering from spring frosts, is worth growing for the shape and 

 soft red autumn colour of the leaves. 



Vaccinium corymbosum, the most showy variant of its class, 

 and Fothergilla alnlfolia are somewhat rare plants which 

 colour well, and both thrive better where the soil is peaty. 



Spiraa ulmifolia and S. Fortunei superba are two of the 

 best of this large class ; in Autumn, in the case of the first the 

 leaves change to a deep plum colour, and in that of the second 

 they are varied and brilliant in tone. 



For the same reasons Berber is Thunbergii, Cerasus vulgaris, 

 and Rbus Cotinus should not be neglected, but they are too well 

 known to need further recommendation. I would only add a 

 warning that the last is not very patient of the knife, and should 

 be but lightly pruned, and that only in Spring, just as the sap 

 is rising. 



I will conclude this branch of my paper with mentioning 

 Idesia polycarpa. It belongs to a rare order, the Bixince&, and 



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