ss CALENDAR OF FLOWERING 



that accounts for its presence near the schoolhouse de- 

 scribed by Whittier :- 



' Still sits the schoolhouse by the road. 



A ragged beggar sunning, 

 Around it still the Sumaehs grow. 

 And Blackberry vines are running.' 



Rihes aureum 



(Golden Flowered Currant) will grow to a height 

 of about 8 ft., and be covered with a mass of jjolden 



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yellow flowers in April and May. in whatever soil it 

 is planted, though it seems to do best in gravel. It 

 is deciduous, and can easily be raised from cuttings 

 or layers. 



Rihes sanguineum 



( Red Flowering Currant] is a deciduous shrub 

 about 8 ft. high, with deep rose-coloured flowers that 

 appear in April, and last for about four weeks in bloom. 

 It is the best of all flowering currants, and has a double 

 variety, ftore pleno, that blooms later. For soil and 

 propagation, v. 7i. (lureinn. 



Robinia hispida 



(Rose Acacia) can be grown in any garden, large 

 or small, as it rarely exceeds a height of 12 ft. ; and 



