62 MY SHRUBS 
white flowers in terminal cymes; but a good hawthorn pleases 
me better. 
Jasminum goes without saying. ¥. primilinum is a handsome 
Chinese species near to F. nudiflorum, but a shy bloomer with me. 
F. beesianum, the red jasmine, is not exciting. It grows as fast on 
a wall as any of them, and flowers generously with small dull 
crimson blossoms. #. polyanthum for the greenhouse I know only 
by repute. It is an exquisite pink and white climber from Yunnan. 
Juniperus takes many attractive forms for a small garden and 
I esteem these little trees highly. ¥. bermudiana furnishes the 
wood of our so-called “ cedar” pencils, and Nicholson records 
that it is rarely seen in England ; but few others are tender and 
the dwarf varieties make a precious addition to the rockery. I 
suppose there are fifty in cultivation, and of these among the few 
that dwell with me, I specially commend 7. communis hibernica nana, 
a delightful, little upright tree. It lives with Chamecyparis filifera 
aurea, and they make a lovely harmony in blue and gold. The 
juniper of my picture has towered to the dizzy height of twenty-two 
inches. Ff. c. hibernica compressa is even more sublime. This is 
the least of all conifers. 7. pachyphlea is another treasure, as blue 
as the sky and of graceful bearing. F. Sabina, the Savin, is an 
ornamental dusky juniper; and the weeping variety, especially 
good. F. virginiana, the red cedar, in its various forms, is also 
valuable, 7. virginiana globosa being a specially precious pigmy. 
There are many other most worthy species of small juniper, 
notably a small variety collected by me as a seedling in Switzer- 
land. It is quite common, but I have yet to learn its proper name. 
