246 FLOWER GARDEN. 
the -first. of: flowering shrubs. Nor should we overlook 
punctatum, ferrugineum, and Chamecistus, of humbler 
growth, but not/inferior in beauty. ‘With these the closely 
cognate genus of Azalea, with its multitudinous species and 
varieties, disputes: the palm of elegance.. The pale and 
drooping Andromedas are scarcely of inferior: interest. 
The hardy: Heaths, particularly Erica carnea, tetralix, 
and stricta, Menziezia polifolia and ccerulea, and the Can- 
adian Rhodora, combine to bring up the rear of this de- 
partment of Flora’s train. 
_ » The deciduous flowering shrubs are too much neglected 
in many gardens. They are seldom well managed, either 
in point of arrangement or of pruning, for the production 
of picturesque effect. Very often they are huddled to- 
gether promiscuously, and grow up into the shape of huge 
sheaves of rushes. With judicious management, there are 
no finer objects in the vegetable kingdom than the common 
Lilac (Syringa vulgaris), or the hybrid Varin (S. Rathom- 
agensis), or even the old Gueldres-Rose (Viburnum Opu- 
lus), with “her silver globes, light as the foamy surf.” 
Another species, the Crimped-leaved Gueldres-Rose (V. 
plicatum), produces flowers more abundantly, and is, there- 
fore, still more ornamental. Nor ought the Mock-orange 
(Philadelphus coronarius) to be neglected; for, while: the 
flowers are ornamental, their orange perfume is powerful. 
It would: lead us into disproportioned detail to specify a 
tithe of those showy shrubs which should be dear to every 
floriculturist. Suffice it to name Ribes. sanguineum (of 
which a double-flowered variety and also a white variety 
have lately appeared), Daphne mezereum, Spartium of 
many species, Cystisus, Amygdalus, and Pyrus. The Ribes 
speciosum, or Fuchsia-flowered gooseberry, seems to re- 
quire the protection of a wall, but deserves it. The fine 
