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great beauty was introduced from China a few years 

 since, but the variegation has in many cases that we know 

 of disappeared. 



Philadelphia coronarius (the Syringa). Height, 10 to 

 20 feet. This old-fashioned plant cannot yet be dispensed 

 with ; it is indeed one of the most useful of shrubbery 

 plants. Among other kinds, P. grandiflorus, speciosus, 

 verrucosus, and Zeyheri, are perhaps the best. 



Prunus domestica flore pleno (the double-flowered Plum). 

 Height, 20 feet. This is a useful early-flowering tree, 

 and the same may be said of the Cherry Plum (P. 

 myrobalana). The double sloe (P. spinosa flore pleno) is 

 perhaps the most beautiful and useful of the Plums, flower- 

 ing early, profusely, and remaining a long time in flower ; 

 it is of smaller growth than the preceding, rarely attaining 

 the height of 1 2 feet. 



Pyrus spectabilis. Height, 30 feet. One of the most 

 effective of spring-flowering trees. The flower-buds are 

 deep red in April, changing to rose-colour on expansion in 

 May. Very hardy and free. 



Pyrus Mains floribunda. Height, 10 feet. A beautiful 

 medium-sized tree, covered with pink buds, expanding 

 white edged with pink in early spring. Very effective. 



R/ius Cotinus (the Venetian Sumach). Height, 5 feet. 

 The reddish feathery pedicels of this plant attract the 

 attention of all observers, and are quite unique in appear- 

 ance in the shrubbery and garden. Free, hardy, and 

 highly ornamental. R. typhina (the Stag's-horn Sumach) 

 is a singular looking pinnate-leaved low tree, not without 

 beauty. 



Ribes sanguineum (the Red - flowering Currant). 

 Height, 6 feet. One of the hardiest, finest, and loveliest 

 of early spring-flowering shrubs ; there are pink, red, 

 white, and double red varieties, all worthy of universal 

 cultivation. There are other species interesting enough, 

 but hardly equal to the above for effect in ornamental 

 planting. 



