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chocolate-brown buds and broad ricli foliage. These are 



choice shrubs and can scarcely be used too much in the 



salient points of shrub groups. 



JExochorda grandiflora should have 



been mentioned perhaps among the 



spireas, where it properly belongs, but 



it is so different in every way, so 

 specially suited to 

 distinct single posi- 

 tions, that I have 

 ventured to consider 



• j. , f. ix. EXOCHORDA GRANDIFLORA. 



it apart trom tne 

 other varieties. Few shrubs are more 

 difficult to propagate than this spirea, 

 hence its reputation for rarity and choice- 

 ness. But aside 

 from these quali- 

 ties the leaves and 

 flowers of this 

 plant are very at- 

 tractive, the ] eaves 

 for their light 

 green, slightly 

 bluish tint, and 

 the flowers foi' 

 their number and 

 pure white color, 



YELLOW JAPANESE- 



KERRIA. 



(kerria japonica.) 



„ . 1 SWEET-SCENTED SHRUB 



wonderfully icalyoanthus floridus.) 



bright and effective in mass. The general habit of the 

 plant is broad, bushy, and vigorous. In this climate the 



