ix.] BROOMS DAPHNES ARUNDO DONAX 107 



The Brooms * and Guelder Rose, and Weigelia rosea, and 

 Buddleia or Mock Orange are all hardy and beautiful. The 

 Mediterranean Heath is a grand flowering plant, and 

 fragrant, but it needs a sheltered aspect. In similar 

 places Hydrangeas will thrive, and few things make a 

 more effective group. 



The hardy Daphnes are beautiful flowering shrubs ; 

 the best known is the Mezereon, which blossoms before 

 the winter is over. D. Cneorum is a dwarf plant best 

 fitted for the rock garden. It is deliciously fragrant, and 

 thrives best when embedded in rocks and stones. 



Of late the Lilacs have become enriched by many 

 lovely varieties, but even the old sorts are beautiful 

 They should be planted on open sunny spots, and kept 

 so pruned that they may the better send up bold and 

 luxuriant trusses of flowers. 



The Judas Tree will grow freely from seed, and is well 

 worth growing both for its leaves and blooms. 



The Smoke Plant, or Venetian Sumach (Rkus cotinus], 

 a very striking shrub from Southern Europe, gets its 

 name from the smoke-like clusters that come when the 

 plant has finished flowering, and which remain in 

 evidence for weeks in autumn. 



Aralia Sieboldi is equally suitable for the flower 

 garden and shrubbery. I have grown it in an exposed 

 spot for twenty years, but it thrives best in the shade, 

 and may be either planted in groups or as single 



* The Genista monosperma is a very lovely White Broom, and most 

 fragrant. It is not quite hardy, and requires the shelter of a wall on a 

 sunny border. 



