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the curious bladder-like fruit covering, being 

 especial points of attraction. It is of South 

 European origin, and has been known in this 

 country at least from the days of Parkinson, 

 where, in his "Paradisus," he speaks of it 

 as the "greater bastard senna with bladders." 

 Being readily raised from seed and of the 

 simplest culture, it should make owners of 

 waste ornamental ground where the soil is 

 not of first-rate quality plant it in numbers, 

 for certainly a more curious or interesting 

 specimen is not to be found in the whole 

 range of hardy shrubs. 



FORSYTHIA VIRIDISSIMA is another decid- 

 uous shrub that can withstand the fumes and 

 smoke of towns. It grows with the greatest 

 freedom in very vitiated atmospheres, each 

 spring breaking out as fresh and green as if 

 it were growing in a sheltered country garden. 

 Of vigorous constitution, it grows freely, and 

 flowers most profusely in the largest cities. 

 Stiffish soil suits it well, but it is far from 

 particular in that way, and stands hard trim- 

 ming in of its shoots with impunity. 



