174 TREES AND SHRUBS 



spicuous little shrub that grows well under trees. 



Spartium junceum (Spanish Broom). A good shrub 

 for a sheltered bank ; it has spikes of bright-yellow 

 flowers in July. 



Spircea. Most of the Spiraeas do well here. The 

 following are the best of those I grow : S. canescens, 

 very pretty habit of growth and foliage ; S. discolor 

 (aricefolia), S.japonica (vars. alba, Bumalda, and Anthony 

 Water er), the last-mentioned very good. S. lindley- 

 ana, a large grower, handsome both in flower and 

 foliage. S. prunifolia fl. pi. should be in all gardens ; 

 good both for flowers and autumnal foliage. S. 

 Van Houttei, very good. Exochorda grandifloraj often 

 known as Spircea grandiflora, I have had since 1898, 

 but though it is now a large bush and very healthy, 

 it has not yet made any attempt to flower. 



Syringa (Lilacs). These are indispensable. Some 

 of the newer varieties are good, such as Charles X., 

 rosy lilac ; Marie Legraye, white ; Souv. de L. Spath, 

 reddish ; Mme. Lemoine, double white. These should 

 always be procured on their own roots. Grafted 

 plants seldom live long. 



Veronica. Several of the shrubby Veronicas do 

 well. V. Traversii is the hardiest of all. In the Edin- 

 burgh Botanic Gardens there is a good collection of 

 these. 



Viburnum Opulus sterilis. This, the well-known 

 Snowball tree, and V. Tinus (Laurustinus), are the 

 only two I have grown. Both do well, and I fancy 

 V. plicatum and some others would do also. I shall 

 try them. 



