36 THE BOOK OF SHRUBS 
shrubs which has been greatly improved by the art of 
the hybridist. They range from three to six feet in 
height, and are free in blooming, their flowering season 
being June and July. They are not particular with 
regard to soil, provided the drainage is good, but a deep 
friable loam to which a moderate addition of leaf-mould 
or well-rotted manure has been added, is the best 
suited to their requirements. They can be increased 
by means of cuttings of well-ripened shoots in the 
autumn. 
They are highly attractive in lawn groups and in 
groups on the margin, or the first row of the 
shrubbery, but in neither case ought overcrowding to 
be permitted. The only pruning necessary will be the 
removal of weak and exhausted wood. Especially 
desirable for their beauty are Weigela candida, pure 
white; W. Eva Rathke, bright purple-crimson; W. P. 
Duchartre, amaranth; W. rosea, bright rose; W. rosea, 
amabilis pink; W. rosea Desboisi, deep rose; W. rosea 
Gustave Mallet, deep rose. 
OrueER Decipvous Surugs.—Only a selection of re- 
presentative shrubs has been described in this chapter. 
There are many others of equal beauty and importance. 
Nothing, for instance, has been said of that remarkable 
Chilian shrub, Buddleia globosa, which is quite hardy in 
the southern counties, and can be grown in most parts 
of Britain, if a sheltering wall be afforded to it. No 
mention again has been made of the beautiful race of 
Tree Pzonies which Mr Kelway and other workers 
have done so much to improve. But enough has been 
said to enable the common-sense gardener to grow with 
success any hardy shrub he may desire. 
