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in flat heads ; Douglasi, with racemes of red flowers in 

 summer ; Aitchisonii, with long sprays of white bloom 

 in summer ; prunifolia and its double form, Lindleyana 

 and Thunbergi are but a few of the many good plants 

 which are to be found among the Meadow-sweets. 



Stuartia Pseudo-Camellia is a beautiful deciduous 

 shrub with large white flowers and Camellia-like leaves 

 which assume brilliant tints in the fall. 



Styrax Japonicum and S. Obassia are graceful deciduous 

 shrubs or small trees ; the latter is particularly beautiful, 

 with its fine foliage and profusion of white fragrant 

 campanulate blossoms, which are borne in terminal 

 racemes. 



The Veronicas are extremely useful to gardeners who 

 work on poor chalky soils. Andersoni variegata is one 

 of the great plants of the city gardeners, who propagate 

 it by cuttings both in spring and autumn, and make 

 extensive use of it in beds. It is a beautiful plant with 

 silver variegated leaves and pale mauve flowers. Tra- 

 versii, white, is hardy and useful. Cupressoides is like 

 a small Cypress, and is used on the rockery. Speciosa, 

 an evergreen with deep blue flowers, is very showy, but 

 is not quite so hardy as Traversii. Hulkeana has dense 

 panicles of lilac-coloured flowers. 



The most beautiful of the deciduous Viburnums, with 

 the possible exception of Opulus sterile, the well-known 

 " Snowball Tree," is plicatum, a splendid shrub which 

 is covered with flattish white flowers in late spring. It 

 likes a moist, peaty soil. V. tomentosum Mariesii is a 

 handsome Japanese plant allied to plicatum and bearing 

 white flowers in May. V. rhytidophyllum is a fine Vibur- 

 num with broad lanceolate leaves and creamy flowers in 

 corymbs, followed by red berries. It is evergreen and 

 hardy. 



