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of the lawn. Another excellent golden- leaved variety is named aurea 

 regina, popularly called Golden Queen; it is more vigorous than the 

 last named, and one of the showiest of its class. Golden King is another 

 free-growing variety, with highly coloured leaves. Flavescens is distinct 

 and very beautiful ; its leaves are heavily marked with yellow. Argentea 

 regina (Silver Queen) is a choice Holly, and a silver counterpart of 

 Golden Queen. Argentea medio-picta (Silver Milkmaid) should be re- 

 presented, as it is very ornamental, with cream- white leaves, margined 

 with green. 



Weeping Hollies should include the green-leaved variety of the type ; 

 very handsome, and well adapted for planting on the outskirts of the 

 lawn. The golden-leaved variety (aurea) is remarkably pretty, and 

 quite distinct from all other trees of weeping habit. There is also a 

 good silver-leaved weeping variety named argentea. 



Indigofera gerardiana, A pretty pea-shaped flower; is sufficiently 

 hardy to plant in the garden, although the greatest flower display is 

 produced when planted in sandy soil at the foot of a sheltered wall. Its 

 pink flowers are in long racemes, and quite pretty in summer. The 

 white-flowered form, named alba, is ornamental, but not quite so free 

 flowering. Except in very warm counties, a south wall must be chosen 

 for the Indigofera. 



Itea virginica. A thoroughly hardy North American shrub, four 

 feet or five feet high, and very attractive in midsummer when carrying its 

 long racemes of white flowers. It prefers a damp soil and partial shade. 

 Not only are the flowers produced in profusion, but they keep fresh for 

 a considerable time, and as they appear when few hardy shrubs are in 

 bloom it should be carefully noted. 



Jamesia americana. A strangely neglected, dense growing deci- 

 duous shrub from the Rocky Mountains, flowers in early summer, and 

 needs no protection even in very severe winters. Rather slow in growth, 

 it seldom develops more than four feet or five feet high, and is quite 

 distinct, with rather rough, oval, greyish leaves, its terminal clusters of 

 pure white flowers being very pretty. It succeeds well in dry soil, but 

 prefers a moist rich one and a shady position. 



Kalmias. Here we have a small group of ornamental evergreen, 

 free-flowering American shrubs, delighting in soil favourable to the 

 Rhododendron. Chalk or lime in the soil, or water supplied to them, 

 is injurious. They are neat in growth, and suitable for massing ; and 

 by planting bulbs like lilies between them a rich display is obtained with 

 little trouble in autumn as well as in spring. They are usually grown 

 as bushes, but K. latifolia, the broad-leaved Mountain Laurel, makes 

 a handsome standard a form by no means common in gardens. Its 

 great terminal clusters of soft rose-coloured, wax-like flowers are very 

 pretty and lasting. The Swamp Laurel (K. glauca} grows about two 

 feet, is of rather loose growth, and bears a wealth of lilac-purple clusters. 

 K. angustifolia, also known as the Sheep Laurel, is quite distinct from 

 the foregoing. The flowers are deep red, smaller than those of the 

 K. latifolia, and borne with greater freedom. There are several deco- 

 rative varieties of K. angmtifolia, and all may be identified by the 



