HARDY PLANTS AND SHRUBS. 



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Weigela Candida, 



Magnolia stellata, 



Ghent and Mollis azaleas, 



Japan maples in three varieties — 

 sanguineum, aureum, and 

 atropurinireum dissectum, 



Hydrangea panicidata grandi- 

 Jlora, 



Japan Snowball, 



Cornus SjJathii, 



" sanguinea elegantissi- 

 yna, 



Lilacs in variety, 



TawMrix tetrandra, 

 " Chinensis, 



Berberis T/mnbergii, 



Forsythia suspensa, 



Exorchorda grandijlora, 



Desmodium pendulijiorum, 



Spircea Lindleyana, 

 " Reevesiana, 

 " Reevesianaji.pl., 

 " Anthony Waterer, 

 " Bnmalda, 

 " T/iunbergii, 

 '' prunifulia Jl. pi., 



Rosa rugosa, 



Althaeas, Dwarf Single White, 

 Buist's Variegated, and Double 

 varieties, 

 Japan Quince, 

 Deutzia crenata Jl. pi., 



" gracilis. 

 Hydrangea panicidata, 



" quercifolia, 



Philadelphus coronarius, 

 Weigela rosea, 



" rosea nana variegata, 

 Forsythia Fortunei, 

 Golden Elder, 

 Rhododendron inaximum, 

 Andromeda Japonica, 



" floribiinda, 



Eleagnus longipes, 

 Snowberries, white and red. 

 Primus Pissardi, 

 Hypericum aureum, 

 Ligustrum Ibota, 

 Upright Honeysuckles. 



I have placed hardy roses at the head of the list of plants 

 although they are really shrubs, but they belong in the flower 

 garden and not in the shrubbery. None will dispute their right to 

 the place of honor, but notwithstanding the universal admiration 

 that is expressed for them, they are grown in but comparatively 

 few gardens. It requires considerable effort to have them in 

 perfection, but the results amply reward the labor. I cannot go 

 into cultural directions, but I wish to say, and with considerable 

 emphasis, that in my experience in growing roses, which has been 

 as an amateur, I have found roses on their own roots much more 

 satisfactory than budded plants. 



I know that Japanese Irises and a dozen other herbaceous plants 

 have as strong claims perhaps for consideration as the white 

 Japanese Anemone, which has my unqualified admiration. It has 

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