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pure white flowers from coloured varieties are especially 

 wished, it is better to grow in a cellar with fermented 

 leaves or in a shaded hothouse. 



Small plants in pots, of the under-mentioned shrubs, 

 are best when grown in a temperature of 60 to 75 

 degrees, the lower figure the better, unless the earliest 

 results are required. After flowering, forced shrubs 

 should be removed to a cooler temperature, and finally- 

 plunged in the open ground or planted out in the 

 garden. If well treated they may be fitted for forcing 

 the next year, but often the number of flower buds 

 will be lacking, when fresh plants should be obtained. 



Deutzia gracilis, white flowered, a shrub more 

 beautiful for forcing than in open air gardening, forces 

 well year after year if the plants are repotted when 

 required, and worn-out flowering shoots cut out. 



Selections 



The following ('* garden" names given) are suitable 

 subjects : — Acer Negundo variegata (white leaved) ; 

 Amygdalus persica fl. pleno, crimson, rose, white, magni- 

 fica (double flowered peaches) ; Azalea altaclarense 

 (orange) ; Ghent varieties, A. indica (of this, the Indian 

 azalea, Deutsche Perle, white flowered, is good), A. 

 mollis (orange yellow and salmon shades), A. pontica 

 (the old yellow) \ amoena (carmine) ; rustica fl. pi. ; 

 Cerasus pseudo-Cerasus, C. Sieboldii ; Clethra alnifolia ; 

 Deutzia gracilis, D. Lemoinei, D. scabra flore pleno ; 

 Diervilla Eva Rathke ; Forsythia suspensa ; Hydrangea 

 paniculata; Kalmia glauca ; Kalmia latifolia ; Laurustinus. 

 Lilacs, good varieties, of which are — Casimir Perrier, 

 double white •, Charles X., deep purplish liliac ; Madame 

 Lemoine, double white ; Marie Legrange, pure white ; 

 Souvenir de Spath, purplish red, and the Persian ; Paeonia 

 Moutan; Philadephus Boule d' Argent (''Syringa")^ Pieris 



