:jr, CALENDAR OF FLOWERING 



young, or it will grow up to be too leggy. The 

 variety C. ni^rn'iiii.s longispicatus is better than the 

 type, having longer flower spikes. For soil, propaga- 

 tion, and position v. C. albns. 



Cytisus scoparius 



(Common Broom] produces its golden flowers from 

 April to July. It is the common British broom, that 

 grows to a height of 10 ft. A very good variety of 

 it is called Andreanus. For soil, propagation, and 

 position, v. C. alb us. 



Dabcecia polifolia 



(St. Daboecs Heath), syn. Menziesia potifolta, is a 

 very pretty little shrub 2 ft. high, much in habit like 

 the Heaths, but with larger waxlike bells. From June 

 to September any bank or rockwork will be made quite 

 brilliant by its white, rose, or purple flowers, and so, 

 too, any shrubberies when it is grown in the front of 

 them. It prefers a soil that is a mixture of two parts 

 sandy peat to one of loam, but it will grow anywhere 

 except in chalk or limestone, and can be increased in 

 the Autumn by layers or cuttings under a hand-light. 



Daphne Elagayana 



Is a hardy little evergreen, 6 in. to 12 in. high, 

 that produces its sweetly scented little white flowers in 



