CONSERVATORY PLANTS— STAPHYLEA, VIBURNUMS. 



deciduous shrubs that can be forced for conservatory decoration. Neat plants give a 

 profusion of terminal racemes of sweetly-scented greenish-white flowers, the soft green 

 leaves showing these off to advantage. Treat in all respects similarly to lilacs. 



Viburnums. — The well-known Gueldres Eose, V. opulus sterilis, can be forced easily, 

 quite small bushes producing the white snowball-like flowers freely. After flowering, 



Fig. 145. Staphylea ColchIca. 



prune moderately hard, and either re-pot or plant out in ordinary soil. V. tinus, 

 better known as Laurustinus, also does well in pots, without much heat, the flowers 

 coming whiter than when grown outside. Prune into shape after flowering, and either 

 give a small shift or plant out in ordinary soil, keeping the soil about them uniformly 

 moist. 



Weigela.— The best forcing species is W. rosea (Diervilla rosea) and its varieties. 



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