AND FLOWER-GARDEN DIRECTORY. 33 
DECIDUOUS PLANTS—Continued. 
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Symphoria racemosa,....{Clustered Snowberry,.|July |Cut. & lay.,Pink.a 
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glomerata, ...|Common Snowherry,.. 
Syringa persica purpurea|Purple Persian Lilac,.'May ‘Cuttings &|Parple. 
suckers. 
y “«  alba,...../White Persian Lilac,..; ‘‘ is White. 
‘vulgaris, ......... Common Lilac, ......... a ee Lilac. 
“ rosea grandiflora|Large-flowered Rose} ‘‘ ae Rose. 
: Lilac. 
“  Chinensis, ........|Chinese Lilac,........... ee ee Violet. 
.. Chinese Wistaria, ...... May |Cut. & lay.!Zt. pur.d 
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Wistaria sinesis, .. 
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a. The berries of these plants are very ornamental, remaining after the 
leaves have fallen. 
6, Without exception, this is the most magnificient of all deciduous climb- 
ers. Itis perfectly hardy, and if the following treatment be resorted to, it 
will flower three times during the season. As soon as the first flowering 
is over, cut off the young shoots to within three or four eyes of the stem 
and deprive the plant of its leaves, and it will bloom again in August. By 
repeating the same process as soon as the second flowering is over, the 
plant will bloom again in October. This treatment does not apply to 
young plants, but only to such as have become well established. 
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