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green, this is well suited for town planting, experiments 

 having proved it to be a most valuable addition to the 

 limited number of shrubs suitable for such a place. 



Hibiscus Syriacus is one of the few shrubs that can 

 successfully battle with an impure atmosphere. It is a 

 shrub which town residents should plant freely if they 

 have a bit of ground that they want to look pretty. 



The Warfaring Tree (Viburnum lantana) does not 

 receive that amount of attention to which on its merits 

 it is entitled. It succeeds well in some of the most filthy 

 and smoky districts of our largest cities. 



The Venetian Sumach (ETius cotinus) is a much-neglected 

 shrub, but for general usefulness it can hardly be sur- 

 passed. It is peculiarly suitable for planting in cities. 



The Stag's Horn Sumach (Rhus typhina) must, on 

 no account, be omitted, as it is a shrub of curious appearance 

 and one that thrives well in soot and dirt. 



Leycesteria formosa is a capital town plant ; this 

 may also be said of the Flowering Currant (Ribes 

 sanguineum) indeed, too much praise can hardly be 

 bestowed on these shrubs for planting in the town garden 

 and shrubbery. 



Skimmia japonica and the Snowy Mespilus (Amelan- 

 chier Botryapium), too, succeed well in smoke-infested 

 districts ; and the various kinds of Lilac particularly 

 the Common and Persian have few equals as town shrubs. 



In the Kentucky Coffee -Tree (Gymnocladus canadensis) 

 and Bladder Senna (Colutea arborescens) will be found two 

 most useful shrubs for the town garden. 



Phillyrea Vilmoriniana, Forsythia viridissima, and 

 the Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo) are all more or less 

 suitable for town planting where the atmospheric conditions 

 are not too seriously affected by smoke and dust. 



The Double Furse (Ulex europceus florepleno) is one 

 of our handsomest flowering- shrubs, and a good addition 

 to the list of such as are suitable for planting in town 

 gardens and squares. 



The Spurge Laurel (Daphne laureola) grows freely in 

 many a town garden indeed, it is no uncommon thing to 



