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of frost is past. With the favourite Kerria japonica, 

 pruning should be done in autumn, when old wood may 

 be cut away. Pruning should be carefully carried out 

 with a sharp knife, and not with the pruning shears, the 

 point of amputation always taking place close to an eye 

 or bud. Too severe pruning should always be avoided, a 

 judicious thinning out of the branches being far preferable 

 to indiscriminate shearing: and cutting back. 



Golden-leaved Trees and Shrubs, 



These are particularly valuable for grouping with 

 others of a dark-green colour, to which they impart a 

 bright and cheerful appearance. The following are some 

 of the best : — 



Acacia Paeud- Acacia aurea 

 Catalpa bignonioides aurea 

 Corylus avellana aurea 

 Laburnum, golden 

 Philadelphus Gordoniana aurea 

 Privet, golden 



Ptelia trifoliata, golden form 

 Eibes alpinum aureum 

 Sambucus nigra aurea 

 Spiraea opulifolia aurea 

 Weigelia Looymansii aurea 



Trees and Shrubs with Autumn-tinted Foliage, 



Acer palmatum atropurpureum 



sanguineum 

 Amelanchier canadensis 

 Ampelopsis japonica 

 Amygdalus persica purpurea 

 Andromeda arborea 

 Azalea pontica 

 Berberis Thunbergii 



vulgaris atropurpurea 

 Catalpa bignonioides aurea 

 Cerasus avium 

 Comus florida 



alba Spathi 

 Cotoneaster Simonsii 



Euonymus atropurpureus 



latifolia 

 Kolreuteria paniculata 

 Mahonia aquifolia 

 Parrotia persica 

 Rhus cotinoides 



cotinus 



glabra 



typhina 

 Eibes missouriense 

 Stephanandra flexuosa 

 Vaccinium of sorts 

 Viburnum opulus 



pauciflorum 



