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(B. aureum), and 22. Gordonianum, which is intermediate between 

 B. aureum and B. sanguineum. A very pretty shrub is B. spe- 

 eiosum, so much like a red Fuchsia that it is also called 

 B. fuchsioides. It is Californian, but quite hardy in light soils. 



The Pears and Apples (Pyrus) include so many beautiful 

 flowering trees and shrubs that it is difficult to select the best, and 

 as these are well known, I need only mention the names of a 

 few I should always choose. These are P. floribunda, one of 

 the most beautiful of small early-flowering trees ; P. baccata, 

 whose showy blossoms are succeeded by bright-coloured Cherry- 

 like fruits; P. spectabilis, than which there is no finer flowering 

 tree of medium size ; P. Maulei, a small-growing shrub with 

 orange-vermilion flowers, succeeded by handsome Apple-like 

 fruits ; and P. japonica, commonly known as Cydonia, of which 

 now there are numerous varieties, the most desirable being those 

 named nivalis, white; cardinalis, deep crimson ; princeps, 

 crimson ; rosea, rose-pink ; coccinea, scarlet ; and the beautiful 

 variety certificated to-day under the name of Moerloosci. This 

 selection would make a beautiful lawn group relieved in outline 

 by the taller-growing P. floribunda or P. baccata. 



The Robinias are beautiful flowering trees, but only B. hispida, 

 the Rose Acacia, flowers early. This is a splendid small tree, 

 with long racemes of large flowers of a rose-pink. The variety 

 inermis does not differ materially from the type, and is equally 

 beautiful. This tree should always be planted in a sheltered 

 spot, otherwise it is liable to damage by winds. The later - 

 flowering Robinias include the beautiful B. viscosa, which is 

 one of the choicest lawn trees, and also Decaisne's variety of 

 B. Pseudacacia. Bubus deliciosus is a shrub from the Rocky 

 Mountains that is yet but little known, but its extreme beauty 

 renders it one of the choicest shrubs, the flowers being large 

 pure white, like single Roses, and produced plentifully on a 

 graceful bush, which is perfectly hardy, and may be planted as 

 a single specimen on a lawn. 



The Shrubby Spiraeas, though so numerous, have not among 

 them many early-flowerers, the only species that are in flower 

 now being the pretty little S. Thunbergi and S. confusa, both 

 good dwarf shrubs ; but soon these will be succeeded by a crowd 

 of others, including S. callosa and varieties, S. liypericifolia and 

 varieties, S. cantoniensis or S. Beevesiana, Nobleana, Douglasi, 



