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without much injury to the tree. They are so easily 

 propagated, that one could easily indulge in a little 

 experiment with them on tall trees. If we grow the 

 bolder and finer Vines we may enjoy colour pictures 

 better than any garden can give, just when gardens 

 fade away before autumnal storms. 



Guelder Rose. There is nothing prettier, either in 

 flower, fruit, or leaf, than the common Viburnum of our 

 woods, which is not always to be found in nurseries, but 

 is very easily raised. It is a brilliant shrub for under- 

 growth, especially by streams and in moist places. It 

 belongs to a great family of shrubs, many of which are 

 fine in colour of leaf, but not usually plentiful enough 

 for extensive planting. 



Dogwoods. These are of high value as undergrowth. 

 The white-fruited Siberian Dogwood is the most con- 

 spicuous as well as the most generally grown. The 

 deep colour of its branches, which becomes richer as 

 spring approaches, gives a brilliant effect at any time. 

 Next to the Siberian species Cornus stolonifera possesses 

 bright colour in a high degree, and the branches of the 

 Silky Cornel (C. sericea) have a more or less purplish hue. 



Azaleas. These give lovely colour in almost any 

 situation, and where we have them plentiful to plant as 

 undergrowth, as at Dropmore, they are charming in 

 colour of flower and leaf too. 



Snowy Mespilus. This early-blooming American tree, 

 very hardy and free in our country, has fine colour 

 charm in autumn. It is common in nurseries. Others 

 of the genus are also good, but not so easily got in 

 quantity, and the same may be said of nearly all related 

 trees, as the Medlar and Pear. 



Parrottia. This Persian tree is little planted in our 



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