Beautiful Flowering Shrubs 



was an extraordinarily beautiful sight. It was about 

 five feet high ; the branches ran out horizontally and 

 the long narrow leaves hung straight down from them 

 in rows. Upon the branches, as though snow had 

 fallen thickly, were closely-set clusters of creamy-white 

 blossoms, and the whole shrub looked as though built 

 up from the ground in layers of green and white. In 

 the brilliant sunshine the effect was quite dazzling. 



Viburnum rhytidophyllum is a shrub on bold, hand- 

 some lines. The crinkled, leathery, evergreen leaves 

 may be seven or eight inches long, and they hang 

 down faces outermost. The flowers are in big clumps, 

 and the following fruit is first bright red and then 

 shining black. This shrub comes from China, as do 

 also a number of other species of Viburnum intro- 

 duced into this country during the last few years. 

 Altogether there are perhaps some forty species now 

 in cultivation, but the ones here mentioned are those 

 that have so far proved most suitable to British 

 gardens. 



Soil and Cultivation. The Viburnums all like 

 sunny quarters and good soil, and are propagated by 

 cuttings. 



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