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30 feet. This is one of the most beautiful of spring- 

 flowering trees, growing well in common soil. The white 

 blossoms are produced in such abundance as to completely 

 cover the tree early in April. 



Amygdalus communis (the common Almond). Height, 

 20 feet. Another spring-flowering tree of great beauty ; 

 the flowers are pink, profusely adorning the tree in March 

 and April. Hardy, free, thriving in any soil, and appar- 

 ently indifferent to the smoke and confinement of large 

 towns. The double-flowering Almond is also a good 

 hardy tree ; the dwarf Almond (A. nana), of which there 

 are both red and white varieties, is very useful and pretty 

 in the front of shrubberies, rarely exceeding I foot or ij 

 foot in height. 



Azalea. See Rhododendron viscosiun. 



Buddlea globosa. Height, 12 feet. This is a very 

 showy plant, producing numerous globes of orange- 

 coloured flowers in the summer. It is unfortunately not 

 very hardy, and except in sheltered situations is best 

 placed against a wall. 



Calycanlhus floridus (the Carolina Allspice). Height, 

 6 feet. The flowers of this plant are not striking or showy, 

 but their delightful fragrance commends it for general 

 cultivation. The leaves die off bright yellow. It prefers 

 a peaty soil, but this is by no means indispensable. 



Cerasus sylvestris flore-pleno (the double French Cherry). 

 Height, 20 to 30 feet. We have here one of the most 

 beautiful of spring-flowering medium-sized trees, the 

 branches in early spring being literally covered with large 

 double white flowers. 



C. vulgaris flore-pleno (the common double-blossomed 

 Cherry) is also a beautiful tree, usually of somewhat less 

 vigorous growth. There is also a beautiful dwarf variety 

 C. japonica fl.-pl. rarely exceeding 4 feet in height, with 

 double white flowers, and a double rose-coloured variety, 

 well worthy of general cultivation for shrubberies and 

 forcing. 



