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in a couple of years are fit for transferring 

 to their permanent quarters. 



WEIGELIA ROSEA and W. amabilis are 

 both highly ornamental shrubs, of the freest 

 growth, and well suited for planting in smoky 

 localities. In many of the London gardens 

 these shrubs may be seen in a satisfactory 

 state, showing but few of the bad effects that 

 generally attend town shrubs. Both are of 

 simple culture, easily propagated, and not 

 fastidious as to soil. 



DEUTZIA SCABRA is another neat-growing 

 and highly desirable plant for the town gar- 

 den. It flowers in such situations with un- 

 usual freedom, ripening its young wood well, 

 and showing but little traces of its struggle 

 with the impure atmosphere. It may be 

 trimmed in at will, is readily propagated 

 from cuttings, and succeeds well in a great 

 variety of soils and situations. 



THE COMMON Box (Buxus sempervirens) 

 and the TREE Box (B. sempervirens arbor- 

 escens) are largely used in town parks, 

 squares, and gardens. The thick, leathery 



