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two weeks or more. It should not be pruned un- 

 til after it has blossomed as the flowers are borne 

 on the old wood. It will grow eventually into a 

 large bush seven or eight feet high. In England 

 the Forsythia fortunei is trained sometimes against 

 walls, the principal branches being tied up for 

 three or four feet and the slender shoots allowed 

 to droop over gracefully. When trained over a 

 bank or stone wall the Forsythia is effective, for 

 its growth is vigorous and its foliage bright and 

 clean. 



PHILADELPHIA CORONARIUS, or Mock-orange, is 

 a good shrub to use with Lilacs; it is generally seen 

 with them hanging over an old picket fence, or 

 leaning from the top of a bank. Its blossoms 

 have the same odour as the orange flower, from 

 whence its popular name is derived. Old speci- 

 mens can be moved easily, but they grow rapidly 

 and should be pruned vigorously into shapeliness. 

 Do not put Syringas in clumps, as they have too 

 much character to be used in that way. It should 

 hardly be placed in the garden, but will look well 

 in front of the house in the same way that Lilacs 

 are used. 



