handkerchiefs, they will retain their sweetness for 

 weeks. 



The Cydonia Japonica or Japan quince, known 

 famiharly as burning bush, is a most brilliant ac- 

 quisition to any garden. There is another variety 

 bearing white blossoms tinged with pink which are 

 almost identical with apple blossoms in form and 

 color. 



Golden bells (Forsyfhid) should always be given 

 a trellis support, for it is such a feminine plant it 

 needs a strong arm to sustain its wiUowy branches. 

 It is sometimes made to pretend it is a vine, but grown 

 in this way it is seldom satisfactory, as it must be 

 constantly tied, having no tendrils to clasp with, and 

 it is apt to look thin and gawky. 



The Scotch broom has all the hardiness of its na- 

 tive bleak hills and is as gorgeous as the tender 

 genista, so much sold in the florist shops. Genista 

 is one of the few golden flowered shrubs, and is val- 

 uable for that alone. 



The dwarf Chinese plum having double red flow- 

 ers is well worth growing, as are also the dwarf peach, 

 crab apple and cherry. 



For sweetness we must have syringa, or mock 

 orange. 



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