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until October. Star of India, Guiding Star, Alba, Jackmanni, 

 Mrs. Barron Veillard, Tunbridgensis, Rubra Violacea, and Victoria 

 are free in blossom. 



The flowers of the Viticella group are borne during summer. 

 Mrs. James Bateman, Thomas Moore, Hendersoni, Earl of 

 Beaconsfield, and Lady Bovill are very fine. 



The flowers of the Lanuginosa group are very large and 

 delicately coloured. Fairy Queen, Grand Duchess, William 

 Kennett, Blue Gem, Beauty of Worcester, Duchess of Teck, 

 The Shah, and Lady Caroline Neville are also of great beauty ; 

 Nivea and Pallida, however, are two of the finest of the group. 



Evergreen. — Escallonias are ornamental shrubs with showy 

 flowers, the best known being E. macrantha, which has thick 

 glossy green leaves and pink flowers. E. rubra, E. Ingrami, 

 ^. and E. sanguinea are de- 



serving of attention too. 

 E. Langleyensis is a most 

 valuable addition to the list 

 of beautiful hardy free - 

 flowering shrubs. It is a cross 

 between E. PhiUppiana% and 

 E. sanguinea $ . In foliage 

 it resembles the female 

 parent, while its rose-pink 

 flowers are produced as 

 freely as those of E, Philip- 

 piana. Photinia serruiafa, a 

 native of China and Japan, 

 is conspicuous for its large, 

 Laurel-like, deep glossy green 

 leaves, which in spring are 

 suffused with brownish-red. 

 It is effective either in the 

 open shrubbery or trained 

 against a wall. Akebia quinata 

 is a quick-twining shrub of 

 elegant growth, with deep 

 green leaves, and pale purple 

 flowers, borne in short 

 Fig. 298.-BERBERIDOPSIS coRALLiNA. j-acemes in March. Although 



not showy they are valued on 

 account of the fragrance they emit. This shrub should not be 

 planted on a cold, eastern aspect, as the biting winds cut the 

 tender growths. 



Smilaxes are of hardy constitution, and may be used as wall- 

 coverers, but are really better adapted for rambling over ruins, 

 tree-stumps, &c. Any common soil suits them. S. asperma 

 (Prickly Ivy) is fairly well known, but the variegated form is 



