328* LISTS OF TREES, &C. SECT. XIX. 



Hydrangea consider as rather tender, and pot 

 some : it can hardly be kept too moist at the roots. 



Mallow tree manage a^ the cytisus, though it is 

 not quite so tender. All seedlings that can be 

 brought up in the open air, make much finer plants. 

 The tender sorts should be put out in nursery-beds, 

 and occasionally protected by covering, and some 

 should be potted to be occasionally housed. 



Poison frees, even the touch of the leaves of these 

 plants wiii affect the skin, but the sap is very (even 

 dangerously) acrimonious. 



Pomegranate must have a good south wall, and 

 rich soil. The double sort should be occasionally 

 matted in severe frost. In very favourable situa- 

 tions, however, they have succeeded in espaliers, 

 dwarf, half, and even full standards. The best sea- 

 son for planting the pomegranate is in spring, when 

 just beginning to shoot. It is rather rude of growth, 

 and must therefore have timely training. The prin- 

 cipal pruning should always be in autumn, and from 

 time to time all straggling, superfluous growths taken 

 off, that shoots may be encouraged to put out strong 

 blossoms, in the fullness of which the great merit 

 consists. These bearers should be six inches, or ra- 

 ther more, asunder. The mode of flowering is at 

 the ends of the young shoots : nothing equals this 

 plant in fineness of blow. The double sort is more 

 commonly planted; but the single flower is very 

 beautiful, and its fruit, which will ripen in snug fa- 

 vourable situations and seasons, makes a fine show 

 also, especially when burst. Both flowers and fruit 

 are of a very fine scarlet. 



Rose claims precedence of other shrubs. In its 

 varieties it should be planted in all situations ; but 

 the Provence more particularly. This shrub, in 

 most (if not all its sorts) does best in a cool strong 

 soil. 



