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exceeding 5 ft. in length ; so that it is as well to cut 

 away the old wood. Clusters of dog-roses appear 

 upon it from May to August, and their rich rosy 

 purple colour is very effective against the background 

 of leaves, often as large as those of the Plane tree. 

 They very soon lose this, however, if they are grown 

 in the sun, and fade away to white. For situation v. 

 /?. nuikanus, and R. delidosus for propagation. 



Sophora japonica 



(Japanese Pagoda Tree), syn. for Styphnolobium 

 japonicum, is a lovely deciduous tree, with dark green 

 leaves, that will reach a height of 30 ft., in a well- 

 drained sandy loam, and produce its large, loose 

 panicles of small cream-coloured flowers in August 

 and September. It can most easily be grown from 

 imported seed. A variety, pcudu /a, is of weeping habit, 

 and makes a charming little tree. 



Spartium junceum 



(Spanish Brooui) should be grown so as to overtop 

 other low-growing things, for it is rather leggy at the 

 base, and old bushes are quite 10 ft. high, and droop 

 most gracefully. Whether old or young, they are one 

 mass of golden blossom from July to September ; but it 

 is as well to keep on raising new plants, for the old ones 

 sometimes die down ; and this is easily done under a 

 hand-glass, from young cuttings or even from seeds. 



