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shoots, and the size of the panicles will be in proportion to 

 the vigor of these shoots. 



FIG. 103. PTEROSTYRAX (Pierostyrax hispida). 



PTEROSTYRAX (Pterostyrax hispida). One of the most 

 beautiful large flowering shrubs. It requires a deep, rather 

 light soil and a little shelter. Should be more generally 

 planted than it now is. 



SHRUBBY ST. JOHN'S-WORT (ffypericum aitreum). One 

 of themost beautiful of the flowering shrubs, the flowers being 

 like little tassels of gold and the foliage of a rich glaucous 

 green. It is not, however, a long-lived shrub, requiring 

 considerable petting after five or six years of growth. 



TARTARIAN HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera Tartarica. 

 Some of the more brilliantly colored flowered varieties of 



