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lowed by the large broad leaves, which resemble ey of the 
coltsfoot, making it especially effective for mass-pla 
ants previously referred to have been i but 
— now to the shrubs or ae trees, the number, though still 
large, is more restricted. Thes o have their odd and showy 
nal eet and among = oe er may be fea the 
ub yellow-root, Yanthorrhisa ha with its o) 
pound leaves borne at the ends of the stems and aL colored 
flowers borne in slender drooping racemes. Among the members 
of the rose family pian Thunbergit is prominent, it being a 
mass of white bloom at its ea Two other equally showy 
members of this family, b with ie flowers, are Exochorda 
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flowers which s' oe suggest those of the mock-orange. Be- 
longing to the goose- berry family is Azbes aurenim, the golden 
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in a two-fold way. Passing now to the ae ee or tea 
family, we find the daphnes, one of the most interesting of which, 
the Daphne Genkwa, of Japan, flowered with us the early part of 
the month. It was imported direct from its native country dur- 
ing the spring of 1899, and this is its first appearance in flower. 
It is a small shrub some 2 or 3 feet tall, but putting forth before 
the leaves an abundance of ee sine: flowers. The color is 
an odd one, but this only enhances its value as a decorative shrub, 
This the ie ring dogwood Cornus florida. It is 
eer in ie grounds, preferring rocky situations, although 
