THE BEST SHRUBS TO PLANT 101 



plant, shooting out fresh and green after 

 being subjected to a winter's incessant fumes 

 from the chimneys of the great metropolis. 

 It is perfectly hardy, of free growth, readily 

 propagated, and altogether a valuable shrub. 



THE FLOWERING CURRANT (Ribes san- 

 guineum). Too much praise can hardly be 

 bestowed on this handsome free-flowering 

 shrub for the planting of town gardens and 

 shrubberies. There it succeeds to perfection, 

 and flowers with the greatest freedom. In 

 early spring it breaks out fresh and strong, 

 regardless of the noxious fumes and impure 

 atmosphere. Well planted at first, it rarely 

 fails, striking out its roots far and wide, and 

 soon becoming a dense shrub of medium 

 proportions. Nothing can well surpass it for 

 the quantity, colour, and quality of its showy 

 flowers, while it is the easiest of shrubs to 

 propagate and cultivate. 



PHILLYREA VILMORINIANA. -- This has 

 been planted largely for experimental pur- 

 poses in the very heart of London, and suc- 

 ceeds there in such a way as to entitle it to 



