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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
sickly wood, should be attempted. The trees will also be 
greatly benefited by receiving annual top-dressings of decayed 
manure in autumn. Weak doses of liquid manure will be 
beneficial to shrubs that are flowering freely. Following are 
the best kinds to grow : D. grandiflora (Syn. D. amabilis), 
growing 4 to 8ft. high and bearing rosy-pink flowers. Its varie- 
ties, Isolina, white and yellow ; Striata, red and white striped ; 
Van Houttei, white and pink ; and Stelzneri, purple-red, are 
very pretty shrubs. D. florida, whitish rose, and its variety 
rosea, rose, are very common in gardens under the name of 
Weigela rosea. D. middendorfiana has yellow flowers dotted 
with pink. Abel Carriere, reddish-purple, and Eva Rathke, 
reddish-crimson, are charming hybrids, which should be grown 
in every garden. D. japonica Looymansi aurea has golden 
foliage, and D. grandiflora variegata pretty variegated foliage. 
Increased by cuttings of ripened shoots removed with a heel 
and inserted in sandy soil in a frame or outdoors in October; 
or by layering the shoots in summer. 
Embothrium (Fire Bush). — A half-hardy evergreen 
shrub, a native of S. America, and belonging to the 
Nat. Ord Protaceae. E. coccineum bears brilliant orange- 
scarlet flowers in drooping racemes in early summer. It is 
only hardy in Devonshire and Cornwall and in some parts of 
Ireland. Even there it needs the protection of a wall. Requires 
a peaty soil. Increased by cuttings of ripe shoots in gentle 
heat in autumn. 
Empetrum (Crowberry). — E. nigrum is a native dwarf 
evergreen foliage shrub with heath-like foliage and pink flowers, 
followed by blackish berries in autumn. Rubrum is a variety 
with purplish flowers and red berries. They belong to the 
Nat. Ord. Empetraceae, and require to be grown in a damp 
spot in peaty soil. A moist rockery or a bog would be a 
suitable place for them. Plant in autumn or spring. Increased 
by cuttings in sandy peat in a cold frame in autumn. 
Enkianthus. — Hardy deciduous flowering shrubs, 
natives of Japan and members of the Heath family (Ericaceae). 
E. campanulatus is a dwarf species with slender branches and 
reddish-white flowers borne in short racemes in the axils of 
the leaves in July. E. japonicus bears white flowers in spring, 
and its leaves assume a beautiful golden tint in autumn. Both 
require a moist peaty soil and a sheltered position. Plant in 
autumn. Increased by cuttings of ripened shoots in sandy 
peat in a cold frame in autumn. 
Epigrsea (Mayflower). — A dwarf evergreen shrub, a native 
of the shady pine woods of North America and a member 
