X. 

 HARDY SHRUBS AND CLIMBERS. 



,INCE the lilacs were in bloom there 

 has been no lack of other shrubs to 

 extend the blossoming season. The 

 slender-branched Deutzia (D. gra- 

 ci'lis), the rough-leaved (D. scabra), D. Pride of 

 Rochester, D. crenata fl. pL, and others of the 

 species, are all indispensable flowering shrubs, 

 appearing in the order named. Scarcely less 

 effective are many of the shrubby Spirceas, 

 which flower in the following order, from the 

 middle of May to the middle of August : 

 (i) Prunifolia fl. pi., Thunbergit ; (2) Nicon- 

 dertt ; (3) chamccdrifolia ; (4) cratcpgifolia, 

 lanceolata, lanceolata fl. pi., lanceolata robus- 

 ta ; (5) ulmifolia ; (6) opulifolta aurea, cre- 

 nata ; (7) Fontenaysit, salicifolia, sorbifolia ; 

 (8) Billardi ; (9) artcefolta ; (10) callosa, cal- 

 losa alba, callosa superba, species Japontca. S. 



