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best pruned to the old wood in spring, for the same year's 

 wood gives the best flowers. 



There is nothing fresh to record about the Mexican 

 Orange blossom, Choisya ternata, but a reminder may 

 be given about the beauty and fragrance of this white- 

 flowered evergreen shrub, which is at its best when it has 

 the shelter of a wall. 



A selection of Cistuses is given in chapter vi., where 

 their value for hot, dry positions in the rock garden is 

 emphasized. 



The Dogwoods (Cornus) have several modern variegated 

 forms, such as alba Sibirica variegata, silver ; A. Spathii, 

 yellow ; and Sibirica flamiramea, with golden bark. 

 C. Mas or mascula has a silver variegated form, varie- 

 gata ; and another called aurea elegantissima is marked 

 with yellow. 



Cotoneaster microphylla, with small evergreen leaves 

 and white flowers in wreaths along the branchlets, 

 followed by red fruit, is a popular plant, but other species 

 are not so well known. Angus t if olia (evergreen) has 

 orange berries, and Franchetti (evergreen) has orange 

 scarlet fruits. Frigida is one of the best, but it is not an 

 evergreen; the white flowers are followed by brilliant 

 scarlet fruits ; it is a strong grower. Horizontalis is a 

 dense evergreen shrub with horizontal branches, vigorous 

 against a wall ; it bears white flowers followed by red 

 fruit and is a beautiful kind. Pannosa, white flowers 

 and red fruit, is a spreading evergreen of considerable 

 merit. Rugosa Henryi is a new species with lanceolate 

 leaves and brownish red berries borne in clusters. Humi- 

 fusa is a creeping evergreen suitable for banks, and the 

 scarlet fruit makes it attractive. 



St. Dabeoc's Heath, Daboecia (syn. Menziesia) polifolia, 

 is a beautiful shrub that will thrive on loam or peat. It 



