138 THE GAEDENEB'S COMPANION 



Snow - berry Symphoricarpus racemosus. A 

 well-known shrub of slender wand-like growth, 

 forming thick clumps eight to ten feet high, small 

 round leaves, and quantities of round white berries 

 in autumn ; it is a useful shrub for filling in odd 

 corners, or unsightly gaps, as it will grow quickly 

 even under the drip from trees. 



Syringa Philadelphia, or " Mock Orange," as 

 it is often called, from the blossom being very 

 similar to Orange-blossom at least this applies to 

 the old variety, the early, and very sweet-smelling 

 P. coronarius. It is a rather straggling, untidy- 

 looking bush, of about eight feet high, suitable for 

 shrubberies, but the flower is delightful. It will 

 grow quite well under trees. P. grandiflorus is 

 similar, but of larger growth, and has larger, but less 

 sweet, flowers, produced three weeks later than the 

 former. There are also a large number of hybrid 

 dwarf varieties, of great beauty for the flower- 

 beds, growing three or four feet high, and bearing 

 white flowers in profusion in June and July; 

 P. candelabra, P. erectus, and P. Boule d' Argent 

 are some of the most beautiful. 



Weigelia Diervilla. These are lovely shrubs 

 for the flower borders, growing about six feet high ; 



