8 JOURNAL OF THE EOYAL HOKTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
now in full beauty : they like a sheltered spot and deep richly manured 
soil. 
The Broom family then claim attention: foremost among them 
is Cytisus Andreanus. There is no plant of recent introduction which has 
so taken the fancy of the public : its chocolate and gold flowers are so 
distinct. Our wild species C. scoparius is one of the very best shrubs ; 
while its cream-coloured variety is very choice. C. albus makes a low 
bush, and is, like the C. purpureus, often grafted on Laburnum stems 
when they show to advantage. 
The Genistas are also all aglow with their pretty Cytisus-like flowers. 
G. sagittalis, a very interesting dwarf species with leaves like Hart's 
Tongue Fern, forms a carpet plant. G. Skipkaensis is a pretty prostrate 
form with pale fluffy flowers, while G. tinctoria pleno has rich double 
flowers and creeps on the ground. Coronilla Emerus, with its pretty 
glaucous trefoil foliage and long yellow panicles, is also worth growing. 
Syringa japonica, a novelty with large spreading panicles of French 
white flowers, after the style of a Privet, is interesting. The creamy 
foliage of 8. coronaria variegata is now striking, and useful for par- 
tially shaded places, but burns in the open. The Bramble, Eubus 
nutkanus, with its large Easpberry-like foliage and white flowers, is a 
grand sub-shrub. Cornus mas variegata is now coming to the front, 
and is one of our very best silver-leaved shrubs. The varieties Cornus 
siberica elegantissima and C. argentea marginata are also useful for 
leaf pictures. Among foliage shrubs and trees the Japan Maples in 
their spring beauty take a first place : the blood-red colour some 
assume is retained all the season, as in A. polymorphum purpureum, 
atropurpureum, dissectum atropurpureum, &c.; further their lovely 
change of colour in autumn justly entitles them to attention, and 
we can also say the same of Prunus Pissardi : its deep claret foliage often 
exceeds the colour of copper beech, and it is a good town subject. For 
a dwarf bed or front row the Japan Kibes pumilum aureum is neat. No 
silver variegated plant equals Acer negundo variegata, which is the most 
elegant and constant of all our silver trees. The well-known seaside 
Escallonias, grand in foliage and flower, give a new interest. At this time 
we have E. macrantha, crimson, E. exoniensis, a very free white-flowered 
form : they make fine bushes or wall plants ; the dwarf E. Phillipiana, 
with its profusion of white starry flowers, is a gem. Exochorda Albertii 
(Pearl bush) is a pretty shrub with white flowers at the ends of the 
shoots. The evergreen Cistus tribe gives us C. laurifolius, a handsome 
evergreen with fine white Poppy-like flowers ; C. ladaniferus, with choco- 
late blotch at the base of each petal ; rose us or crispus, and a dwarf white 
species, which has the nursery names of Clusii, formosus, undulatus, &c. 
The tall growing Deutzias, another legacy from Japan, are now in evi- 
dence ; scabra, the better known single white variety ; the double crenata 
flore pleno, rath, purple shading on the back of its rosettes. The fine 
white Pride of Rochester or Watereri, with its profuse panicles of pure 
white rosettes, is a fine subject for forcing also. Discolor purpurascens has 
so far not been good. Cytisus secundus, a neat yellow-flowered sub-shrub, 
and C. trifolium are both useful ; Rubus odoratus, the showy pink flowering- 
Raspberry, is also noticeable : its soft leaves ^ire useful for fruit packing. 
