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beauty. If the young wood is left thin after the old 

 has been removed in summer it will ripen and bloom 

 almost from ground line to tip the following spring. 

 A few shrubs such as this set behind small conifers lend 

 richness and brilliancy. With the judicious use of the 

 knife they can be kept shapely and in bounds. 



With pruning the beautiful Buddleia called Veitchi- 

 ana might be used. It is incUned to straggle and needs 

 restriction, but it is a most beautiful shrub. The 

 Japanese Pear is not a rapid grower, and will need little 

 pruning, as it blooms best on the old wood. It is an 

 early and abundant bloomer, bearing large Apple- 

 blossom-like flowers almost of the colour of sealing 

 wax all along the stems. The Mezereon is also a slow 

 grower, and needs no restriction. It is not a brilliant 

 plant, but it is neat and pretty, and has the charm of 

 dehcious scent. Of the Deutzias the most suitable 

 is that called crenata fiore plenOj which becomes a mass 

 of small double white flowers in early summer. The 

 old wood should be pruned out after flowering, as in the 

 case of the Weigela. The Star Magnolia is the most 

 precious of deciduous shrubs for the rock garden. It 

 produces its large pure white flowers on the bare wood 

 in spring, and makes an exquisite picture before the 

 leaves come. It is best in a sheltered place. A slow 

 grower, it will not call for much restriction. The lovely 

 Meadow Sweets named are all neat growers, and as they 

 do not spread much the only consideration in pruning 

 is to get a sufficient quantity of the best flowering 

 wood. The shoots which have bloomed should be cut 

 out at the base in summer. Viburmim plicatum, a 



