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Spira>a chamaBdrifoIia. 
Symphoria racemosa, 
Syringa Josikaea. 
Syriiiga Persica. 
— Chinensis. 
Viburnum Tinus. 
The following short observations on the different species will, to persons not 
much experienced, be of some use : — 
^SCULUS. 
All the species mentioned in the list 
are handsome. They all readily unite if 
grafted on the common kind (fig.), and 
in shrubberies make a beautiful show 
when in flower in spring. They flourish 
in any soil and situation. No plants are 
better calculated for shrubberies, for al- 
though they are deciduous, the variation 
in foliage from the ordinary shrubs has a 
charming effect. The discolor seldom 
grows above six feet high, and therefore 
will stand pretty forward ; carnea 
from sixteen to twenty feet : jE. ruhi- 
^unda from ten to twelve, and the 
pavia from six to eight feet : the know- 
ledge of their relative heights will deter- 
mine their situations in the shrubbery. 
AZALEA. 
All the above hardy species of Azalea grow from four to six feet high ; and they 
should be planted on a border by themselves, composed of sandy peat (heath mould), 
and are propagated by cuttings and layers. See vol. 1, page 127, where the parti- 
culars of their culture are detailed. 
AMELANCHIER. 
A. SANGUiNEA, or scarlet-wooded Amelanchier, bears a strong resemblance to 
the Snoivi/ Mespilus, and is very ornamental ; it is deciduous, and seldom grows 
above four feet — it is a native of North America. A. Jiorida.—T\ns species bears 
a good deal of resemblance to the sanguinea, except in the racemes of flowers, which 
are produced after the manner of the bird-cherry. It is also a native of North 
America. Both the species will require a light sandy soil, and about the same 
1 situation in the shrubbery, and are readily propagated by layers. 
ANDROMEDA. 
1 A. SPECIOSA, and all its varieties, are very beautiful ; they are natives of North 
America, and flower in great profusion, and continue in leaf nearly the whole year, 
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