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means so ornamental, or at least they are only ornamental 

 at certain seasons of the year, while evergreens retain 

 their foliage, and consequently a great part of their beauty, 

 throughout the whole of the year. Still there are many 

 deciduous flowering shrubs which are extremely beau- 

 tiful when in flower ; and out of the almost innumerable 

 soi-ts we shall now give a select list of those which are 

 most ornamental, and which are suitable for small 

 gardens, rejecting such as are not easily procured, or 

 attain to too large a size. 



SELECT LIST OF DECIDUOUS FLOWERING SHRUBS. 

 From six inches to two feet high. 

 Parsley-leaved Yellow Root {Xanthoriza apiifoUa). Flowers in 



April. Purple. 

 Glaucous Kalmia (Kalmia glauca), FI. in April. Red. 

 Crenate-leaved Spirpea [Spircea crenata). Fl. in April. White. 

 DwdiTf Cytisns (Cytisus'/ianns). Fl. in May. Yellow. 

 White Persian Lilac [Syringa Persica, alba). Fl. in May. White. 

 Common Dwarf Almond {Amygdalus nana). Fl. in May. Red. 

 Dwarf Cherry (Cerasus pumila). Fl. in May. White. 

 Beautiful 'WhoTt]eheTTj {Vaccinium vejmstum). Fl. in June. Pink. 

 Spiniest Scotch Rose 2Lnd vsLvieties {Hosa spinosissima, et var.). Fl. 



in June. Various colours. 

 French Rose and varieties {Hosa gallica, et var,). Fl. in J une. Various 



colours. 



Small- leaved Burgundy Rose {Eosa paruifolia). Fl. in June. Purple. 

 Siberian Berberry (Berberis Sibirica). Fl. in June. Yellow. 

 Hoary Spiraea (Spircea cana). Fl. in June. White. 

 Pretty Spiraea (S. bella). Fl. in July. Red. 



Kalm's St. John's Wort (Bypericum Kalrnianum). Fl. in July. 

 Yellow. 



Scentless Syringa (Philadelphus inodorus). Fl. in July. White. 

 Dwarf Clethra {Clethra nana). Fl. in August. White. 

 Garden Hydrangea {Hydrangea hortensis). Fl. in August. Pink. 

 Corymbose Spiraea (Spircea corymbosa). Fl. in August. White. 

 Silver-leaved Cytisus ( Cytisus argenteus). Fl. in August. Yellow. 

 Autumnal Mezereon (Daphne mezereum, auturanale). Fl. in Sept. Red. 

 American Ceanothus (Ceanothus Americanus). Fl.in Sept. White. 



From two to four feet high, and upwards. 

 Mezereon (Daphne mezereum). Fl. in February. Pink. 

 Black Lonicera (Lonicera nigra). Fl. in March. Yellow. 

 Japan Quince (Cydonia Japonica). Fl. in March. Scarlet. 

 White Japan Quince (C. Japonica alba). Fl. in March. White. 

 Siberian Almond (^?/2j/5^(iaZ?/.5*Sf5(>("ca). Fl. in March. Red. 

 Japan Kerria (iCer/'ia t/a^onica). Fl. in March. Yellow. 

 Slender Syringa (Fhikuielphus gracilis). Fl. in March. White. 

 Tartarian Lonicera (Lonicera Tatarica). Fl. in April. Pink. 



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