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Gardens. It is there planted on low mounds composed of stones and loam 

 from a granite district. The secret of success appears to be in the continuous 

 layering of the shoots. As soon as the young growths are. an inch or so 

 long, the previous summer's branches are weighed down to the ground by 

 placing stones on them. A little soil may come between. By this system 

 the whole plant is always renewing its root system at the younger parts. 

 At Glasnevin I have seen a patch 8 ft. across, in the rudest health. This 

 system is, no doubt, helped by. the moist, equable climate of Dublin. As 

 this shrub is found on calcareous rock, stones of the same character would 

 appear to be preferable for layering, but Sir F. Moore tells me he does not 

 consider this Daphne needs lime. He recommends good loam or peat and 

 leaf-soil, and partial shade. 



D. CAUCASICA, Pallas. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 7388 ; D. salicifolia, Lamarck.') 



A deciduous shrub, up to 4 ft. high, with flowering twigs downy ; barren 

 young twigs less so, or smooth. Leaves produced along the entire shoot, 

 oblanceolate, tapered at the base and oftener rounded than tapered at the 

 apex ; I to if ins. long, \ to ^ in. wide ; smooth, pale green above, somewhat 

 glaucous beneath. Flowers glistening white, fragrant, produced during May 

 and June in terminal heads of usually four to twelve blossoms ; the perianth 

 \ in. across, with ovate lobes ; tubes \ in. long, cylindrical, silky outside ; 

 ovary slightly downy. 



Native of the Caucasus ; many times' introduced and lost. It has no great 

 merit, but is pleasing in its fragrance and for its abundant flower clusters 

 borne at the end of crowded, short, leafy shoots springing from the previous 

 year's growth. It thrives exceedingly well at Warley Place, where there are 

 rounded bushes 4 ft. high. It differs from D. alpina in its smooth leaves. 



D. CNEORUM, Linn&us. GARLAND FLOWER. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 313-) 



An evergreen trailing shrub, producing a great number of long, slender, 

 minutely downy branches, densely clothed with leaves, and forming a low, 

 spreading mass under i ft. high. Leaves oblanceolate, with a tapering base 

 and broadly wedge-shaped apex, ending in a minute bristle-like tip ; f to i in. 

 long, to \ in. wide ; dark green above, greyish beneath, smooth. Flowers 

 crowded in! a dense terminal cluster, numerous, scarcely stalked ; they are 

 fragrant and rich rosy pink, the tube in. long, very downy outside, the 

 expanded part f in. across, with ovate-oblong lobes. Blossoms in May. 



Native of Central and S. Europe ; introduced in 1752. This Daphne is 

 the best and most useful of the evergreen species, from all the rest of which 

 grown in gardens it is distinguished by its lax, prostrate habit. It flowers with 

 remarkable freedom, the leaves being almost entirely hidden by bloom. It 

 likes a permanently moist bottom, and apparently thrives well in calcareous 

 soil. Some of the healthiest plants I have seen in the London district were 

 (some years ago) in one of the plots under the control of the London County 

 Council on Plumstead Common, Kent. This place is on a limestone formation, 

 and is perhaps 200 ft. above the Thames. The plants had, apparently, treat- 

 ment similar to that meted out to privets and such-like, but were in rude 

 health. At the same time it succeeds splendidly in the R.H.S. gardens at 

 Wisley, where the soil is a sandy peat. It is a good plan to layer the outer 

 shoots by placing stones on them, as recommended for D. Blagayana. 



Var. VERLOTI, Meissner (D. Verloti, Grenier). A distinct variety. Leaves 

 up to i in. long, but rarely more than in. wide ; the flowers less numerous 



