THE FLOWER GROWERS GUIDE. 



feet high, and the tlowers, purplish iu colour, are apple-scented. Chionanthus virginica, 

 10 to 20 feet, produces handsome racemes of white flowers in May, requires moist peaty 

 soil or sandy loam, and a sheltered position. The woody bladder senna (Colutea 

 arborescens)., height G to 10 feet, flowers yellow, June to August, will grow in almost 

 any soil. Both the cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), and the dogberry (Cornus san- 

 guinea), are worthy of a place in the shrubberies, as are Cytisus purpureus, C. 

 albus (white broom), C. scoparius (the common broom), and the beautiful C scoparius 

 Andreanus. The Mezereum (Daphne Mezereum), white or red, are very old 

 favourites, these dwarf bushes flowering freely in the spring, and are also attractive 

 when the fruit is ripo. Deutzia crenata flore pleno, double white and double pink 

 tinted, attain a height of 4 to 8 feet and flower abundantly, while the white Deutzia 

 gracilis, usually seen iu pots, is equally hardy and flowers profusely in the spring. 

 Free bushes of Forsythia suspensa are extremely bright and cheerful when covered 

 with soft yellow flowers in the early months of the year. This and other Forsythias 

 are worthy of general culture. The Virginian form of witch-hazel (Hamamelis 

 Virginia) is little knoTMi but deserves a place in the larger collections. 



The smoke tree (Ehus cotinus) flowers iu July, and in the autumn the curling, 

 feathery seed appendages have given to this shrub its popular name. The yellow 

 and red flowering currants, Eibes aureum and sanguineum, so charming in spring, 

 are too well knoA^ n to need further reference ; and it is a pity the same cannot be 

 said of the Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) with its rush-like growth and sweet- 

 scented yellow flowers in summer. Spiteas arisefolia, Douglasi, Lindleyana, prunifolia, 

 and Eeevesiana are free-growing and abundant flowering shrubs, the flrst-named 

 being particularly elegant. 



Everybody knows, and most persons admire, the common lilac (Syringa vulgaris), 

 also the small-leaved Persian species, but the improved forms ought to receive 

 the attention of planters. Alba grandiflora and Madame Legraye are beautiful 

 siDgle white varieties, and among the dark colours are Charles X., Dr. Lindley, 

 Geante des Batailles, Philemon, rubra grandiflora, and the handsome Souvenir de 

 L. Spath. Madame Lemoine is the finest double white, and hyaeinthasflore pleno, 

 La Tour d'Auvergne and Lemoinei flore pleno are good double dark varieties. 

 Handsome trees of the Gueldres rose (Viburnum opulus) are to be seen with its snow- 

 ball-like flowers in most gardens, and so ought bushes of the showy Weigela 

 rosea, of which there are several pleasing varieties. 



