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nut, the Fern-leaved beech, the Oak-leaved hydrangea, 

 the Ked-twigged dogwood, the Double Japan quince, 

 the Deutzia gracilis, and the different hardy English 

 and Belgic azaleas, among the deciduous shrubs. And 

 among the evergreens, the English and Irish yews, the 

 different Junipers, the different Arbor-vitee, the "Weep- 

 ing cypress (Cupressus oblong a pendula), the eight or 

 ten varieties of Dwarf firs, the Thuiopsis borealis, 

 a beautiful and hardy plant from Baffin's Bay ; the 

 Hemlock, if kept clipped and bushy, the various Rho- 

 dodendrons, especially the Catawbiensis ; the Laurel- 

 leaved holly (Ilex laurifolia), the American holly, and 

 finally that most valuable of all shrubs, the Berberis 

 mahonia. By a tasteful and judicious massing and 

 grouping of the above plants, with occasionally a single 

 specimen by itself alone, as the English yew, or Dwarf 

 horse-chestnut, or Fern-leaf beech, a very pretty and 

 ornamental effect may be produced, without shutting 

 out the light of heaven, as is too often done by tall 

 sparse trees, with long naked stems, producing no other 

 sensation but a shudder at their ugliness. 



In submitting the annexed list of the newer shrubs, we 

 regret our space will not allow us to do much more 

 than to enumerate their names ; merely premising that 

 the most desirable are those we have already just 

 mentioned above. 



Aralia Japonica, a new variety of A. spinosa (Hercules' 

 club), but much finer in foliage, and very highly esteemed in 

 England ; hardy. 



A. papyripera (the Chinese Rice-paper plant). We have 

 but recently imported this, and do not yet know its hardihood; 

 it has superb leaves some three feet or more in diameter. 



Ceanothus. The ceanothus, of which there are several varie- 

 ties, are beautiful shrubs, with white or blue clusters of 

 flowers. 



Cornus variegata (the Variegated-leaved dogwood). A very 



