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Forsythias about seventy-five feet long and as much 

 through and, as a feast of color and beauty in spring, 

 is worth coming a long, long way to view. Any 

 pruning considered necessary should be done imme- 

 diately the flowers have fallen and, incidentally, this 

 is true for all spring- and summer-flowering deciduous 

 trees and shrubs. 



A few years ago, in 1897 to be exact, a third 

 species of Forsythia was discovered in Albania and 

 was named F. europaea. This plant was introduced 

 into Kew Gardens in 1899, and bids fair to grow much 

 taller than its Chinese relatives and their progeny. 

 It is upright in habit and in consequence very dis- 

 tinct in appearance. The flowers are pale canary 

 yellow and the plant is a very hardy and interest- 

 ing addition to the list of spring-flowering shrubs; 

 but those who have only room in their gardens for 

 one Forsythia and want the best available should 

 plant the hybrid F. intermedia or its form spectabilis. 



Among the Bush Honeysuckles (Lonicera), whose 

 all-round value for our gardens has been repeatedly 

 emphasized in these pages, there are species such as 

 L. fragrantissima and L. Standishii which open their 

 blossoms at the first breath of spring. Both are 

 compact shrubs growing from four to eight feet tall 

 and more in diameter, and have pale yellowish-white 



