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begun to wane. Both the double and single 

 forms are fine ; and the white and flesh-tints, 

 with their distinct dark eyes, are the most pleas- 

 ing colors. The purples and violet-reds are for 

 the most part objectionable. " Painted Lady," 

 the name of one of the varieties, well describes 

 the lively flower of the althaea. The variegated- 

 leaved variety is one of the finest variegated- 

 leaved shrubs. 



Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, the 

 great - flowered hydrangea, is a splendid late- 

 flowering shrub, with its immense panicles and 

 changeable shades, and it should enliven every 

 garden in September. Nor should the early 

 white- flowering Exochorda, the fragrant white 

 upright honeysuckles, the sweet-scented Caly- 

 canthus, and the Colutea, or bladder-senna, at- 

 tractive for its reddish seed-pods, be overlooked 

 in the collection of shrubs. 



Besides the flowering species, there are many 

 shrubs which deserve a place on account of pe- 

 culiar habit, characteristic foliage, or colored 

 fruit. Of shrubs with dark-colored foliage, the 

 purple-leaved barberry, purple-leaved plum, and 

 many of the dwarf Japanese maples, may be 

 specified. Of shrubs with variegated foliage, 

 there are several varieties of the shrubby dog- 

 wood ; several of the Weigelas ; the silver- 



