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spicua produces its pure white flowers on leafless branches 

 early in April, and looks like a suspended snowdrift 

 when seen against a dark background. M. obovata is of 

 dwarf stature and bears purplish flowers. M. Sou/angeana, 

 with pink-flushed blossoms, is a hybrid between the pre- 

 ceding two, and M. Lennei, with flowers of a rather deeper 

 hue than the last-named, is another descendant of M. 

 conspicua. All of these are deciduous as is the pretty 

 little M. stellata, which bears small, starry, white flowers, 

 and the handsome M, Watsoni, with pure white, cup- 

 shaped blossoms, six inches in diameter. M. macrophylla 

 is also deciduous, and bears very large white flowers 

 about a foot in diameter, and M. Fraseri is a deciduous 

 tree, producing pale yellow flowers. All the foregoing 

 are practically hardy. 



Nuttallia cerasiformis. — A pretty, hardy, deciduous 

 shrub, bearing racemes of small white flowers in early 

 spring before the leaves expand. 



Olearia Haastii. — A hardy shrub, entirely covered with 

 small, white, daisy-like flowers in August. O. Gunriu 

 and O. stellulata are very beautiful, but not sufficiently 

 hardy for cold districts. 



Pavia macrostachya. — Buckeye. Syn. JEsculus parvijlora. 

 A handsome shrub of the Chestnut family, rarely exceed- 

 ing ten feet in height. Its young leaves are of a pretty 

 reddish tint, and in July or August it perfects its dense, 

 erect spikes of white flowers. It throws up numerous 

 suckers, and if planted in an open space soon makes a 

 symmetrical bush. 



Philadelphia. — Syringa. P. speciosus is the most orna- 

 mental of this family, bearing large, pure white flowers 

 two inches in diameter, and growing to a height of 

 twelve feet or more. Its flowers are not so heavily 

 scented as some species. It is also known as grandiflorus. 



Phlomis. — Jerusalem Sage. The South European P. 

 fruticosa, with greyish leaves and yellow flowers, has 



