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leaves hang all the winter in a mild sea- 

 son and are only injured by sharp frost; 

 but even if the stems are cut to the 

 ground, the roots start afresh in the 

 spring. Where space can be found, it is 

 best at the foot of a warm wall or even 

 trained upon it; plants so placed will 

 spread many feet and flower with free- 



dom through a long season. Young 

 plants begin to flower when quite small 

 and grow quickly into bushes 3 to 4 feet 

 high and a yard square, glowing with 

 fine colour in the autumn border when 

 flowering shrubs are few. The plant is 

 easily raised from seed, which ripens 

 freely, but the usual way of increase is 



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