THE BEST SHRUBS TO PLANT 97 



Prunus sinensis is hard to match either for 

 beauty of bloom or as regards its fitness for 

 planting in our smokiest thoroughfares. In 

 many of the worst smoke-infested districts of 

 London and Glasgow, both this species and 

 P. triloba appear in quite as good form and 

 health as if they were growing in the open coun- 

 try. They are excellent hot-weather plants, for 

 after hot and dry summers they do not seem 

 so hard pressed as are many of what would be 

 considered more robust subjects. Fairly 

 good soil, and not too draughty a position, are 

 all they need, while their after-management 

 is of the simplest. 



THE DOGWOOD (Cornus sanguined) is a 

 good town shrub and valuable for its bark 

 colouring, which is of the brightest red and 

 most effective during the winter season. The 

 flowers are creamy-white and succeeded by 

 pretty black berries. It will succeed in al- 

 most any dampish soil. 



STEPHANANDRA FLEXUOSA is a deciduous 

 shrub of Japanese origin and a valuable 

 species for town planting. It is of somewhat 



