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tubular-shaped yellow flowers which have a strong sweet odor 

 scenting the atmosphere for an area of a hundred yards. It grows 

 freely in any good garden soil and should be used extensively in 

 planting large grounds. 



Propagation is by cuttings placed in a cold frame, during 

 October, in light sandy leaf-mold. It may also be propagated 

 by seeds sown in Spring in a frame, the seeds to be covered to the 

 depth of a quarter of an inch. 



HYPERICUM. 



A genus of hardy, low- 

 growing shrubs generally 

 with yellow flowers, mostly 

 natives of Southern Europe 

 and the United States. All 

 are of easy culture, growing 

 freely in any good garden 

 soil. Hypericum delights 

 in a shady nook under the 

 shelter of tall shrubs for 

 which it makes an excellent 

 undergrowth or carpet, 



thickly covering the surface of the ground with its foliage and 

 bright-yellow flowers. There are many fine species, such as 

 H. Moserianum, H. Androsianum, H. patulum, etc., well de- 

 serving a place in the shrubbery. 



Propagate by cuttings placed in a cold frame in Autumn; 

 shade them for the first few days, and, when they are rooted, 

 plant them in nursery rows until wanted. 



ILEX (Holly). 



A genus of one hundred and fifty species, evergreen and de- 

 ciduous. It is highly ornamental, its stately habit of growth 



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