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Gardening for Amateurs 



given to those that flower early, such as : 

 altaclerense, arboreum Wellsianum, Baron 

 Osy, Blanche Superbe, Brilliant, caucasicum 

 album, caucasicum pictum, Madame Wagner, 

 nobleanum, Prince Camille de Rohan and 

 Vesuvius. It is essential that these shrubs 



The Japanese Wistaria Multijuga, noted for 

 the length of the flower racemes. 



be kept well supplied with water during 

 summer, otherwise the next season's display 

 of flowers will be poor. 



Ribes sanguineum. This, popularly 

 termed the Flowering Currant, forms a very 

 pretty object under glass, and gives little 

 trouble. It does best if planted out in the 

 summer. 



Spiraea. An easily grown race of shrubs, 

 the early-flowering members of which are 

 admirably adapted for blooming under glass. 

 The best are S. arguta, confusa, prunifolia 

 flore pleno, Thunbergii and Van Houttei. 

 In all of them the flowers are white and borne 

 in great profusion. They may be planted 

 out of doors or grown in pots during the 

 summer, in which latter case they must be 

 liberally treated. 



Syringa (Lilac). Lilacs have long been 

 popular for flowering under glass, and they are 

 so amenable to hard forcing that they may 

 be had in flower quite early in the season. 

 In the greenhouse, too, they will anticipate 

 their usual season of blooming by some weeks. 

 Neat little bushes bristling with flower buds 

 are sent to this country from Holland in con- 

 siderable numbers each autumn. They con- 

 sist chiefly of the pure white single-flowered 

 Marie Legraye, though the dark-coloured 

 Charles X. and the double-flowered Madame 

 Lemoine are also grown. These plants are 

 for the most part grown in pots, but turned 

 out for the convenience of packing. As the 

 roots form a compact ball of earth all that is 

 necessary is to drop them into pots of suitable 

 size and make firm with soil. In summer 

 they may be plunged outside, taking care 

 that they are in a sunny spot and kept well 

 supplied with water, while an occasional 

 stimulant is also essential. 



Wistaria sinensis. It is only within 

 the last decade or so that the Wistaria has 

 been generally grown for greenhouse decora- 

 tion. For this purpose it is usually trained 

 as a standard, and the drooping racemes of 

 lilac-coloured flowers are seen to considerable 

 advantage. When plunged outside during 

 summer the young shoots as soon as they 

 are about 8 inches in length should have 

 the points pinched out, as the check thus 

 ensured encourages the formation of flower- 

 spikes at the base ; the display of flowers is 

 much greater than if the shoots are allowed 

 to grow unchecked. 



