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in proportion to the vigor of these shoots. The original 

 form of this shrub, when there are only a few sterile flowers, 

 is rather more beautiful but not quite so showy. 

 Pterostyrax (Pterostyrax hispida), Fig. 127. One of the 



FIG. 127. Pterostyrax (Pterostyrax hispida). 



most beautiful large flowering shrubs. It requires a deep, 

 rather light soil and a little shelter. Should be more gen- 

 erally planted than it now is. 



Shrubby St. John's- wort (Hypericum aureum). One 

 of the most beautiful of the low flowering shrubs, the flowers 



