BEAUTIFUL FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS. 



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produced on the growth of the previous season, and to keep the trees 

 well furnished with young wood, and prevent their becoming "leggy," the 

 flowering shoots should be cut back to the first or second bud from 

 the base immediately the beauty of their flowers is past. The resulting 

 shoots should be allowed to grow naturally during the summer and 



to remain until after they have flowered. P. sinensis fl. pi. and 

 P. sinensis fl. pi. alba are small shrubs bearing double flowers, which are 

 pink and white respectively. The 'Snowy Mespilus ' (Amelanchier 

 canadensis) is a small-growing and extremely elegant tree, producing 

 during the spring months a profusion of small flowers, but these, 



