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The Gum Cistus (C. ladaniferus) , and the laurel-leaved 

 form (C. laurifolius) , are two highly ornamental and perfectly 

 hardy shrubs. The former has large white flowers, with a 

 distinct purple blotch at the base of the petals, while the 

 robust growing C. laurifolius has pure white flowers. Both 

 are excellent town plants, doing exceeding well even in very 

 populous localities. 



Mahonia aquifolia> M. Bealii, and M. japonica, all do 

 fairly well in the town garden, but are the better of being 

 assigned to select positions in the open. Good vegetable 

 mould seems to suit the various species of Mahonia, and 

 when once fairly established they grow and flower freely. 

 All are shrubs of great beauty, the bright and showy flowers, 

 produced in rich profusion, are followed by abundance of 

 clusters of rich bluish-purple berries. 



The Japan Quince {Cydonia japonica) is one of the 

 most beautiful shrubs with which our gardens have ever 

 been enriched ; and from the number of the fine healthy 

 specimens that are to be found in many of our largest towns, 

 it would thus appear to be particularly suitable for planting 

 where soot and smoke are prevalent. The brilliant scarlet 

 flowers, which are produced at a season when such are most 

 in want, impart to well-grown specimens a beauty which is 

 almost impossible to describe. It is perfectly hardy, not 

 fastidious as to soil, and of free and easy growth. 



Hypericum Nepalense is the best of the St. John's Worts 

 for withstanding smoke, dust, and heat. It is a plant of 

 great beauty, the bright foliage and abundance of large 

 golden flowers placing it in the first rank as an ornamental 

 plant. 



H. calycinum is also valuable for similar purposes ; while 

 for edging to the shrubbery, or for covering bare spots, it has 

 few equals. 



Euonymus japonicus, and its silver and golden forms, are 

 most useful town shrubs, for they succeed well in very 

 smoky and filthy localities. They are plants of great beauty, 

 particularly the variegated varieties, of easy culture, and not 

 at all particular as to soil in which they grow. E. radicans 

 is a straggling decumbent shrub, and, as it stands soot and 

 smoke well, it is suitable for planting as a dwarf plant in the 

 town garden and square. 



