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well-decayed manure, and abundantly watered in 

 dry weather. The proportion of bloom to leaf may 

 be increased by removing leaf-shoots when young, 

 which can readily be distinguished from those for 

 flowering. 



Rhododendrons, of which there are varieties of 

 colour and hue, from pure white to deep crimson, 

 and for which there are different seasons of bloom- 

 ing, from mid-winter to summer and autumn, and 

 of which some are fragrant and some scentless, and 

 some of stiff and others of scandent habit. 



Privets, evergreen, as Ligustrum coreaccum ; or 

 nearly so, as L. Japoniciim, L. omtum, &c. 



To Skimmea Japonica, 8. Laureola, S. oblata, and 

 S. fragrans, I particularly invite attention. Some 

 come from mountains near Nangasaki, having small 

 bunches of flower in March and April, in shape and 

 colour somewhat like Privets, with sweet perfume, 

 and with bunches of blood-red berries from summer 

 till the following spring. 



Several of the Myrtle and myrtaceous groups thrive 

 in Dublin ; and besides the common kinds, Eugenia 

 apiculata has grown well in a sheltered border of 

 Merrion-square, flowering for some months in sum- 

 mer. Eugenia ugni, and others, are in probation in 

 our city. 



But of all shrubs with evergreen or persistent 

 foliage, varieties of Aucuba seem to me to receive 

 more general admiration, proving themselves fitter 

 for areas and yards of our cities than any other that I 



