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be handled with care, and never planted against the walls of a dwelling 

 house. 



No shrubbery is complete unless some of the Viburnums are included, 

 the most desirable being Viburnum tomentosum and its two varieties 

 plicatum and Mariesii, V. cassinoides, V. Sargentii, V. dilatatum, 

 V. Rhytidophyllum, V. Tinus, and V. macrocephalum. 



All the Tamarisks are ornamental, and everyone is familiar with them 

 on our southern coasts, where they grow with more vigour than inland. 

 One, Tamarix Pallasii rosea, is conspicuous above all others, and the 

 wealth of bright pink flowers makes it very attractive. 



In a warm position both the single and double Hibiscus are very 

 pleasing in late summer, and make handsome bushes if undisturbed. A 

 good selection would include totus albus, 1 Hamabo,' ' Bleu Celeste,' 

 ' Boule de feu,' violacea, and Leopoldii fl. pi. 



My remarks, so far, have referred almost entirely to shrubs of a 

 deciduous character, but it must be remembered that some of our most 

 useful shrubs, though not always so beautiful in flower, are to be found 

 among the evergreens, and during the winter months especially, their 

 persistent foliage, when so much else is bare, cannot fail to be welcome. 



The planting of common evergreens in monotonous masses is but too 

 often overdone, to the exclusion of more desirable yet by no means more 

 expensive plants, but I only propose to deal with the choicer kinds. 



Among the Berberis we find many excellent, shrubs, and when in 

 flower nothing surpasses them in the evergreen section. B. stenophylla 

 is an extremely graceful hybrid, and the pendulous branches, when 

 wreathed with fragrant blossoms, render it a thing of beauty, whether 

 in the shrubbery or as a specimen on a lawn. B. Darwinii, of vigorous 

 growth, can claim a place among the best shrubs, and so can B. buxifolia. 

 B. japonica has very large strikingly ornamental foliage, and succeeds 

 well in a loamy soil if undisturbed. In a sheltered spot, the similar but 

 less robust B. nepalensis is also very fine. B. Aquifolium is, of course, one 

 of our most useful dwarf evergreens, either in flower, fruit, or when the 

 leaves colour highly in the winter. Like Hypericum calycinum, it has 

 the rare merit of flourishing really happily under trees. 



The Mexican orange, Choisya ternata, is at all times one of our most 

 delightful evergreens, having deep green, glossy foliage and a profusion of 

 white flowers in spring. Around London it succeeds as a bush, but in 

 colder districts the protection of a wall is necessary. 



Either as single plants or when planted in groups the Andromedas are 

 always admired. Although one should no longer call them Andromedas, 

 but Pieris, I give them under this name as it is more familiar. The 

 most desirable, which it should be remembered require a soil composed of 

 leaf mould or peat, are japonica, arbor ea, speciosa, and floribunda. 



Very few dwarf-growing shrubs are more generally useful for many 

 positions in the garden than the Cistus, as they are neat in character 

 and all produce a profusion of blossom. Some of the species will not 

 live through very severe weather, and none of them are really long lived, 

 but all are easily increased and grow quickly from cuttings. They seem 

 specially well adapted for planting among rockwork, and will grow 

 freely in very poor soil. G. crispus, purple ; G. monspeliensis, white ; 



