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JUNE 

 PINK SHRUBS 



ACACIA. Rose (Robinia hispida). 5 ft. A dwarf shrub with droop- 

 ing branches, smooth leaves tipped with a bristle, and thorny stem, 

 drooping rose-pink pea-shaped flowers with a deeper red woolly calyx, 

 borne in loose axillary racemes. Should have a position sheltered from 

 the wind as the wood is brittle and the limbs are easily broken, give full 

 sun, rich soil and moisture. Propagated by layering. 



AZALEA. Tree (A. arborescens). 4ft. A handsome pale rose-pink 

 variety; called hardy, but not so with me. Propagate by layering, but 

 the branch must not be severed for two years. For culture, see Azalea, 

 White Per., May. 



DEUTZIA (D. Lemoinei). 3-4 ft. A pink variety with double flowers. 

 See D. White Shrubs, June. 



DIERVILLA, WEIGELIA (D. florida, also known as D. rosed). 6 ft. A 

 graceful shrub spreading by suckers from the root, bearing abundant 

 rosy flowers in axillary and terminal clusters. Give a rich moist soil 

 and shaded position. Propagated by suckers. 



JAPANESE ROSE, see Rugosa Rose. 



PEACH. Blood-leaved (Prunus Persicd). A showy variety with 

 blood-red foliage in spring, becoming purple in summer. 



ROSE. The perfect lily should be white and fragrant, so the perfect 

 rose should be large, shell pink and fragrant. The following list is not 

 exhaustive or even general, but it comprises the pink roses I have grown 

 and find hardy in my small garden. 



ROSE. Baroness Rothschild a cross between the Damask Rose and 

 Rosa Indica, a Hybrid Perpetual of stocky growth, large globular 

 flowers, pale pink and scentless. If given cultivation during the bloom- 

 ing season (June) and pruned slightly in July, it will yield some autumn 

 bloom. 



ROSE. Cabbage, Provence (Rosa centijolia).* One of the best and 

 commonest varieties grown. Bears large fragrant very double pink 

 flowers with incurving petals, on slender stalks, which produce a grace- 

 ful nodding effect. Requires a richly manured soil and open situation. 



ROSE. Cinnamon (Rosa cinnamonea). 4-6 ft. A most vigorous 

 variety inclined to run wild, with quantities of pale rose-pink flowers 

 3 in. across, borne along drooping stems. Very beautiful when in per- 



