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pinkish white, and Desbois has flowers like rosea, except they 

 are darker when first opened. The variegated-leaved weigela is 

 a strong grower, and desirable on account of its foliage, being 

 edged with yellow. 



The plants may be grown in clusters or to a single stem. In 

 the latter way the side branches become horizontal, almost 

 drooping, especially when in flower, and for single specimens 

 present in this manner perhaps the best and most pleasing 

 effect. 



The WHITE FRINGE TREE Chionantlms. The white fringe 

 tree or Virginian snow-flower chionanthus Virginica is a shrub 

 or low tree with dark green foliage and producing a profusion 

 of drooping racemes of pretty white flowers in the month of 

 June. It delights in moist soil, and by the side of water grows 

 vigorously, and is, when in flower, an extremely pretty shrub. 

 In dry soils its growth is very slow, and it is not specially 

 desirable as compared with many other plants that grow freely 

 and bloom at the same period. 



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