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procumbent growth, with neatly-toothed 

 leaves and produces an abundance of indivi- 

 dually small white flowers. Peaty loam suits 

 it well. Not only in London does this shrub 

 do well, but in several others of our most 

 smoky towns it is considered one of the most 

 valuable for planting. 



BUDDLEIA VARIABILIS and its still more 

 floriferous variety VEITCHIANA have few 

 equals for planting in the most unhealthy 

 of our towns and cities. Being of strong 

 growth and with an iron constitution, both 

 are peculiarly suitable for smoke-infested 

 areas, while they are remarkable for the 

 production of immense panicles of rosy, 

 lavender flowers. They reproduce them- 

 selves freely from seed, and quantities of 

 young plants have been picked up around the 

 parent specimens when planted in our London 

 gardens. 



OLEARIA MACRODONTA has given every 

 satisfaction when planted in the impurest of 

 town atmospheres. It is a beautiful shrub, 



