152 Hardy, Deciduous, aiid Evergreen Shrubs. 



35. The Guelder Rose or Snowball Tree, {yibunuimO'jni- 

 lus van) Too common and well known to need more than a 

 passing notice, as no shrubbery should be without one or 

 more plants. It thrives in any good soil, and its globular 

 heads of snowy flowers are always admired. May and June. 



36. Double-flowering Cherries, {06rasus sylvestris Ji. pi.) 

 There are three kinds of the double flowering cherry, two 

 only of which have yet flowered in our collection. The first 

 is the common double cherry, {sylves/ris Jl. pi.) -with, very 

 compact flowers, like a ranunculus. The other, the double 

 French, {vulgaris Jl. pi.) with larger and more loosely formed 

 fllowers, and expanding a fortnight before the former, — thus 

 keeping up a succession of bloom, during nearly the whole of 

 May and June. 



37. Weeping Cherry, {Cerasus semperjlbrens.) A handsome 

 weeping tree, grafted standard high, with small linear foliage, 

 and slender branches, producing flowers and fruit a greater 

 part of the summer. As single objects on lawns, a few of 

 these trees have a beautiful eflect. 



38. The Chinese Ckab, {Vynis spectdhilis.) One of the 

 showiest of double flowering trees, the branches being literally 

 covered with pink flowers, as large as a small rose. Unless 

 properly pruned, it only blooms every other year. May. 



39. Hawthorns, (Cra^«^^5.) There are a great number of 

 fine species and varieties, which comprise the extensive fam- 

 ily of hawthorns, that are well worthy a place, wherever 

 there is room ; a few of them are particularly beautiful, and 

 should, on no account, be omitted in the smallest collection. 

 There are the double white, (C. Oxyacautha multiplex,) the 

 new double pink, (C. O. rosea pleno,) and the old single scar- 

 let, (C. O.piinicea.) The last, though single, a most brilliant 

 shrub ; the double pink has flowers as perfect as the ranun- 

 culus ; all of them bloom profusely, but, to have handsome 

 specimens, they should be annually pruned, and be allowed 

 plenty of room, or otherwise their real beauty is greatly 

 marred. We have thirty sorts in our collection. May and 

 June. 



40. The Laburnum, {Cytisus Laburnum.) A very pretty 

 shrub, on account of its numerous large pendant clusters of 

 golden yellow blossoms. The Scotch is the hardiest and finest 



