CONTENTS. 



IX 



PAET III. 



THE PRUNING AND RENOVATION OF FLOWERING AND 



OTHER SHRUBS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 THE ROSE. 



Various Classes of the 



Rose 66 



Pruning of Roses ... 67 



The "Weeping Rose ... 68 



Renovation of Roses . . 69 

 The Pillar and Climbing 



Rose 70 



TAOE 



Pruning Climbing Roses . 71 



Chain or Festoon Roses . 71 

 Treatment of Festoon 



Roses 72 



The Perpetual Rose plan- 

 ted in a Bed .... 73 



CHAPTER n. 



EVERGREEN SHRUBS, &c. 



The Laurel 74 



Clipping of the Laurel . 74 



The Portugal Laurel . . 75 



The Arbutus 76 



The Bay-Tree and the 



Laurestine 77 



The Holly 77 



The Double Furze ... 78 



The Berberis 78 



The Tamarisk 79 



The Escallonia .... 79 



The Garrya 80 



The Acacia 80 



The Locust-Tree .... 81 

 The Pruning of the Coni- 

 fers 82 



The Thorn 82 



The Spanish Broom ... 83 



The Weeping Willow . . 84 



The Weeping Ash ... 84 



The Judas-Tree .... 85 



The Magnolia 85 



The Ailantus 86 



The Rhododendron ... 87 



The Azalea 88 



The Hibiscus 89 



The Cistus 90 



The Daphne 90 



The Deutzia 91 



The Genista 91 



The Buddlea 92 



The Ribes 93 



The Hydrangea .... 93 



The Myrtle 94 



The Coronilla 94 



The Fabiana 95 



The Kalmia 95 



The Andromeda .... 95 



The Lavender 96 



The Spiraea 96 



The Heath 97 



The Thyme 97 



The Sage and Savory . . 98 



Pruning the Box-Tkee . 99 



