Of the two common spc 

 and of closer growth thar 

 and less beautiful in forrr 



:s of plane-tree, the eastern is smaller 

 ur native species, though less hardy- 

 It was for some time thought, also, 

 ; less subject to attack by the leaf 



style of pruning adopted in that 



AN ATTRACTIVE PHILIPPINE SHRUB IN FLOWER. 

 The shrub from which the accompanying illustration was made 

 has been referred to before in the pages of this Journal. Always 

 beautiful at its flowering period, it has surpassed its former efforts 

 in the magnificence of its display for the past few weeks. This 



