Beautiful Flowering Shrubs 



P. viridissima is also distinguished by forming a very 

 large number of prominent buds, half of these being 

 reserve buds, only to be called into play if the others 

 fail. 



Both kinds of Forsythia demand the sun. They 

 come from the "Gardens of the Sun" in the East, and 

 in the shade they are starved of their birthright and 

 resent it. " Forsythia suspensa" says Mr. William 

 Robinson, ''is certainly one of our finest shrubs, and 

 should be found in any garden however small." 



The Golden Bells belong to the family Oleacece and 

 have for their nearest relatives the privet, the olive, 

 the lilac and the ash. 



Soil and Cultivation. The Forsythias demand good 

 loamy soil. They can be easily grown from cuttings ; 

 indeed, where the trailing shoots of the F. suspensa 

 touch the ground, there they will put out rootlets and 

 establish themselves as new plants all round the parent 

 one. They require little attention, and any pruning 

 should be done immediately after the flowering is over. 

 The flowers are produced on the wood of the previous 

 year's growth. 



