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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 effect : — 
SELECT LIST OF HARDY SHRUBS. 
vEsculus discolor. 
— carnea. 
— rubicunda. 
— 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. 
— racemosa. 
Benthamia fragifera. 
Catalpa syringifolia. 
Chionanthus Virginica. 
Chimonanthus fragrans. 
— grandiflora. 
— luteus. 
Calycanthus floridus. 
— futilis. 
— laevigatas. 
— oblongifolia. 
— Pennsylvanicus. 
Cotoneaster frigida. 
— laxiflora. 
— microphylla. 
Crataegus heterophylla. 
■— oxyacantha punicea. 
— — superba. 
— coccinea. 
Colutea Nepalensis. 
— Pocockii. 
Clianthus puniceus. 
Cytisus purpureus. 
— - nigricans. 
— - falcatus. 
alpinus. 
Deutzia scabra. 
Edwardsia grandiflora. 
Ebenus Creticus. 
Enkiantlius quinqueflorus. 
■ — reticulata. 
Gaultheria Shallon. 
Hibiscus Syriacus. 
— — variegatus. 
Halesia tetraptera. 
Indigofera violacea. 
Lonicera tartarica. 
Magnolia macrophylla. 
— grandiflora. 
— elliptica. 
— crispa. 
— lanceolata. 
— obovata. 
— rotundifolia. 
— gl auca. 
Malachodendron ovata. 
Philadelphus grandiflorus. 
— hirsutus. 
— coronaria. 
Primus candicans. 
— Sibirica. 
Pyrus coronaria. 
— floribunda. 
■ — spuria. 
— angustifolia. 
— spectabile. 
— grandifolia. 
Rhododendron cinnamomeum. 
— azaleoides. 
— Caucasicum. 
— — stramineum. 
— — formosum. 
— cainpanulatum. 
— Car toni . 
— purpureum. 
< — maximum. 
— ponticum. 
— obtusum. 
— hybridum. 
— myrtifolium. 
— eximia. 
— venustum. 
— Lapponicum. 
Ribes sanguinea. 
— speciosa. 
— fragrans. 
— aurea. 
Spiraea grandiflora. 
— trilobata. 
