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colour and are much the same all the year round ; besides, many flowers and plants do 

 so badly in full sun. 



Had 1 the planting of such an approach I would plant it in bold masses of low-growing, 

 restrained flowering shrubs — no Lilacs, Laburnums, Rhododendrons, or Laurels — and 1 think an 

 effect might be gained that, with a little care and judicious pruning, would be comparatively 

 original and satisfactory the whole year round. As a border of this kind would take several 

 years to come to perfection, while the choice shrubs were still young the coarser and 

 quickergrowing ones might be used in between, to give point and accentuate the groups 

 of colour. 



For early spring flowering I would plant the different kinds of Pyrus, and especially 

 the Pyrus Mains floribunda, and the three different coloured varieties of Pyrus japonica ; 

 the pink Almond tree; also Amygdalus macrocarpa, which has larger flowers and is earlier 

 in bloom, the double Almond, and the verv early-flowering Chinese shrub, Amygdalus 

 Davidiana, Prunus divaricata, which blossoms in March, and the Chinese Prunus triloba, 

 which is of a graceful growth and wreathed with clusters of double flowers. The other 

 variety, Prunus sinensis fl.-pleno, and the double Peach tree are very beautiful, and so is 

 the lovely double-flowered Cherry, Cerasus serrulata. Prunus Pissardi, with its rich 

 purple foliage, makes a good contrast with low-growing and well-pruned variegated Maples. 

 The Kerrias, which require constant thinning out, Kerria japonica and its delicate single 

 variety ; the different kinds of Broom, particularly Genista precox and G. alba (these only 

 last in their prime for three or four years, and it is well to keep a constant supply of 

 each kind, grown from seed every year, as a cold winter kills the old plants ; this is 

 especially the case with G. astnensis). Genista tinctoria, though a wild plant, is useful 

 because it flowers in July ; so does G. astnensis, and the small tufted G. hispanica covers the 

 ground under the larger kinds. Genistas group well together, as their flowering-time can 



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