ON TREES AND SHRUBS. 



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Daphnes are charming sweet-scented shrubs. Their cultural 

 requirements are very simple, and the flower-display extends over 

 several months. Although they thrive well in ordinary soil, they 

 give the best results when planted in a moist, peaty soil, with 



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which has been incorporated a quantity of leaf-mould. Good 

 drainage is of importance. D. Cneorum (Garland Flower) (Fig. 

 275) is a good carpet-shrub, with neat deep green leaves and 

 fragrant rose-pink flowers, produced sometimes twice a year — in 



