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CULTURE OF HARDY DECIDUOUS AND EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 
peculiar situations, during dry summers appears to be of very little, if any, benefit; 
on the other hand, it takes up much time, and is the means of the ground baking 
hard when dried by the sun again. When the shrubs have advanced to a large 
size all the care required is to cut off overhanging branches, so as not to allow them 
to smother each other, or the stems of those overhung will become naked and 
unsightly. 
The shrubs in the following list are such as will make a great show at their season 
of flowering, and, if judiciously planted, will have a splendid elfect : — 
SELECT LIST OF HARDY SHRUBS. 
iEsculus discolor. 
— carnea. 
— rubicimda. 
— pavia. 
Azalea calendulacea, varieties. 
— speciosa, and varieties. 
— viscosa and varieties. 
— ornata. 
Azalea nudiflora, with all its varieties, par- 
ticularly nudiflora thyrsiflora, and indeed 
all the kinds are ornamental. 
Amelanchier sanguinea* 
— florida. 
Andromeda speciosa. 
— buxifolia. 
— raceniosa. 
Benthamia fragifera. 
Catalpa syringifolia. 
Chionanthus Virginica. 
Chimonanthus fragrans. 
— grandiflora. 
— luteus. 
Calycanthus floridus. 
— futilis. 
— laBvigatus. 
— oblongi folia. 
— Pennsylvanicus. 
Cotoneaster frigida. 
— laxiflora. 
— microphylla. 
Crataegus beterophylia. 
— oxyacantha punicea. 
— — superba. 
— coccinea. 
Colutea Nepal ensis. 
— Pocockii. 
Clianthus puniceus. 
Cytisus purpureus. 
— nigricans. 
— falcatus. 
— alpinus. 
Deutzia scabra. 
Edwardsia grandiflora. 
Ebenus Creticus. 
Enkianthus quinqueflorus. 
■ — reticulata. 
Gaultlieria Shallon. 
Hibiscus Syriacus. 
— — variegatus. 
Halesia tetraptera. 
Tndigofera violacea. 
Lonicera tartarica. 
Magnolia macropliylla. 
— grandiflora. 
— elliptica. 
— crispa. 
lanceolata. 
— obovata. 
— rotundifolia. 
— glauca. 
INIalachodendron ovata. 
Philadelpbus grandiflorus. 
— hirsutus. 
• — coronaria. 
Prunus candicans. 
— Sibirica. 
Pyrus coronaria. 
— floribunda. 
— spuria. 
— angustifolia. 
— spectabile. 
— grandifolia. 
Rhododendron cinnamomeum. 
— - azaleoides. 
— Caucasicum. 
— — stramineum. 
— — formosum. 
— carapanulatum. 
— Cartoni. 
— purpureum. 
— maximum. 
— ponticum. 
— obtusum. 
— hybridum. 
— my rti folium. 
— exiraia, 
— venustum. 
— Lapponicum. 
Ribes sanguinea. 
— speciosa. 
— fragrans. 
— aurea. 
Spirsea grandiflora. 
— trilobata. 
