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of 6 feet to 7 feet. The deutzia is closely allied to the philadelphus 

 or mock orange, which is also a good market flowering shrub, needing 

 much the same treatment as the deutzia. 



FORSYTHIA 



This early flowering shrub is commonly known as " Golden Bell." 

 Its more popular forms are suspensa and viridissima. The latter 

 blooms just ahead of the former and both before their foliage appears. 

 Suspensa has long trailing branches and is best grown on a wall, its 

 pendulous golden flowers being produced along the whole length of 

 the trails and are very effective. Viridissima, a more compact and 

 upright variety, blooming in March, has equally golden bells, which 

 because of the compact growth are even more effective. 



This is one of the easiest shrubs to propagate. Cuttings of half- 

 ripened wood, cut at every second joint, are made in July-August 

 and inserted under hand-lights and given the ordinary treatment. 



GARRYA 



Garrya elliptica is the best of these, the only one worth our 

 noting. It is a stout evergreen and hails from California, so that no 

 surprise need be felt when we say that it is not so hardy as we could 

 wish it to be. It is probably safe anywhere in the southern half of 

 our island except in very exposed positions, and where there is any 

 doubt the unique beauty of the shrub would justify its planting 

 against a warm wall. It blooms in the winter, bearing tufts of pale 

 green catkins which gracefully hang and are of unusual length, 

 lasting for some weeks. It is prized as a cut decoration for vases 

 when such subjects are not over plentiful. Male and female forms 

 exist separately, the former being the pollen bearer and the more 

 handsome. It is more difficult than most shrubs to propagate, and 

 a considerable percentage of cuttings may fail to strike when treated 

 as other shrub cuttings. We have found them easier to strike if put 

 in earlier rather than later July instead of August. 



HYDRANGEA 



There are two shrubby hydrangeas well worth the growing and 

 those are H. paniculata grandiflora and H. arborescens grandiflora. 



