FOURTH WEEK IN NOVEMBER 



with light foliage, contrast well with stronger shrubs, but 

 should not be placed near laurels or other plants which are 

 apt to appropriate much space, and thus to starve slighter 

 plants out of existence. Spiraeas are excellent plants for the 

 herbaceous border, placing them at the back, or otherwise, 

 according to their height. The new Spiraea japonica 

 coccinea is a valuable acquisition, for its rich crimson blooms 

 are produced from August until the end of November. It is 

 only 2 feet high, forming a dense bush, so that it groups 

 well with S. Aitchesoni, also a newcomer (but from Afghan- 

 istan), which appears to be a variety of S. Lindleyana, with 

 the same sort of fern-like foliage, but with red stems and 

 pure white masses of fluffy flowers, while those of S. Lindley- 

 ana are cream-coloured. S. bumalda Antony Waterer is in 

 deep pink, a fine hybrid raised in England. These shrubby 

 spiraeas must not be confused with the pink herbaceous 

 spiraeas (venusta, palmata, &c.), the latter being semi- 

 aquatic, whilst the shrubby varieties will grow in ordinary 

 soil, although they enjoy moisture. 



S. arguta multiflora is a new variety, about 3 feet high, 

 with pendulous shoots several feet in length, which are 

 covered in April with tiny white flowers. S. Thunbergi is 

 equally dwarf; an excellent plant for the greenhouse, as it 

 blooms naturally very early, and will bear slight forcing ; 

 and S. Cantoniensis (from China) grows to the height of 

 5 feet, producing large clusters of white flowers of a drooping 

 habit. 



Deutzias, too, are light in effect, very hardy, and their 

 flowers are usually white, the double form of D. crenata. 

 called the Pride of Rochester, being one of the best. D. 

 gracilis, so largely grown for early forcing in pots, is as hardy 

 as the rest, and may well be planted in the front of the 

 border, when it will be a beautiful object in May. The 

 new hybrid, D. gracilis rosea, has larger white flowers than 

 the type, tinted with pink on the outside ; other newcomers 

 are D. carminea, a dwarf plant with carmine buds opening to 

 white flowers, and D. corymbiflora, a handsome Chinese 

 shrub with dense corymbs of pure white flowers. 



