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LAWN AND SHADE TREES. 



tender, and can not be relied upon unless protected in winter ; 

 but the Gordoni, or Gordon's flowering currant, is perfectly- 

 hardy, a strong, vigorous grower, with long, pendant racemes of 

 crimson and yellow flowers in May, rendering its appearance 

 highly attractive and pleasing. It should be in all collections. 

 The double-flowering crimson sanguineum flore pleno like its 

 parent, is partially tender; all the others are hardy. Very pretty 



Fig. 50. Gordon's Currant. 



groups or masses for spring show can be made by using the dif- 

 ferent varieties of flowering currants. 



The Deutzia. For foregrounds to masses of shrubbery, or 

 for producing a profusion of white flowers, the different varieties 

 of Deutzia have claims to pre-eminence. They are all perfectly 

 hardy and easily grown in any soil. The rough-leaved or 

 scabra is the strongest grower, making a shrub from four to five 

 feet high, with flowers resembling orange blossoms. Corymiosum 



