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bunches of red-pink flowers reflected in the water, 

 it is very beautiful. 



Rosa rugosa. Japanese Eoses make excellent 

 shrubs for a background, or for growing under 

 trees. They are very hardy, and their flowers are 

 pretty and showy, the leaves a dark glossy green, 

 turning bright yellow in autumn ; the seed berries 

 are very large, and bright red. 



Spiraea The Spiraeas are a very large class, em- 

 bracing trees of eighteen to twenty feet high, as 

 well as quite small plants. I think they may well 

 be considered the queen of shrubs for the garden ; 

 they are very hardy, very different in appearance, 

 and very easy to please in the way of soil and 

 situation. 



S. Lindleyana is the tallest, growing to twenty 

 feet high, with bold fern-like foliage, and large 

 plumes of creamy flowers in July. 



S. aricefolia is the most beautiful ; it has very 

 light pretty foliage, reaching a height of fifteen 

 feet in some places, and in July is densely covered 

 from head to foot with immense drooping plumes 

 of feathery creamy flowers. To show it in perfec- 

 tion it should stand alone on a lawn, and not be 

 crowded into a bed with other things. 



