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many others; they thrive on light dry soils. 

 There is a new variety called Pink Broom, Noto 

 Spartium Carmichaelice. 



Buddlea. The Buddleas are very quick-grow- 

 ing shrubs, something after the manner of Elder, 

 the foliage whitish on the underside. B. globosa has 

 flowers in summer like a bunch of small oranges, 

 and is rather pretty. B. variabilis Vietchiana 

 is a very beautiful and striking shrub, with spikes 

 of brilliant lilac flowers in August. The long shoots 

 droop with the weight of the flowers, so that the 

 purple spikes all seem to point towards you ; they 

 are of astonishing beauty and size, many of the 

 spikes being fifteen to eighteen inches in length, 

 composed of myriads of lilac flowers with red 

 throats, and at the base of the centre spike come 

 side spikes, and again below that more side spikes, 

 so that the whole effect when in flower is perfectly 

 gorgeous. The scent is delicious, like honey, and 

 the plant is beloved of all insects, so that it is alive 

 with bees and butterflies, thus adding to its own 

 attractions. The shoots should be shortened back 

 after flowering, and again more severely in the 

 spring, as it is a rampant grower, making 

 shoots eight feet long or more in one season. 



