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flower (Daphne cneorum) are others. The gar- 
land flower is so low that it drops conveniently into 
lists of perennials supposed to be herbaceous. 
Though little known, it is among the choicest of 
hardy garden plants. The clustered pink blos- 
soms—coming in May and again, more sparsely, 
at the end of summer—are deliciously fragrant. 
For holly-like effects without regularity there are 
the American and Japanese mahonias, both with 
early yellow blossoms, and Osmanthus aquifolium, 
which is quite dwarf. 
Although evergreen shrubs bloom, it is the de- 
ciduous ones that, for convenience, are called flow- 
ering shrubs. Here the riches are so embarrassing 
that only parks and vast estates can hope to sound 
very deep the joys of possession. One catalogue 
lists no less than eighty-eight hardy species and 
these are sub-divided into nearly four hundred 
varieties. Ejighty-eight species; yet how many can 
be called at all common in dooryards? The lilac, 
snowball, Japan quince, weigela, Philadelphus 
coronarius, deutzia, Spiraea Van Houttei, Hydran- 
gea paniculata, forsythia, althea and bush honey- 
suckle—less than a dozen. No fault is to be found 
with these eleven shrubs, they will always be among 
the best; but there are others that deserve to be 
just as familiar. 
Nor is this all of the pity. There is much 
ignorance of the fact that the commonest kinds 
have not been standing still; new species and new 
hybrids have been coming along. Once all you 
