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pendula, drooping-; and flore pleno are pretty varieties of 
it- P. japonica (Japanese Quince), commonly called “Japo- 
nica,” bears brilliant scarlet flowers in winter and early spring, 
and is frequently grown as a bush in the shrubbery, also 
trained against walls ; a very showy shrub. Of this species 
there are numerous pretty forms, as candicans, white ; luteo 
viridis, yellow; Moorloesi, crimson; sulphurea perfecta, sul- 
phur-yellow; and Knaphill Scarlet, a brilliant scarlet. P. 
Maulei is a dwarf species, much like P. japonica. This bears 
red flowers in April and orange-yellow fragrant fruits in 
autumn. P. Maulei superba, scarlet, is a superior form 
of it. A popular wall shrub. P. prunifolia (Siberian Crab) 
bears white flowers succeeded by yellowish-red fruits. It 
grows 20 to 30ft. high. There is a double-flowered variety 
(flore pleno), and a weeping one called pendula. P. Aria 
(White Beam Tree) and P. pinnatifida have deeply lobed leaves, 
green above and hoary beneath ; white flowers borne in spring, 
succeeded by scarlet berries. Many other species might be 
mentioned, but our aim is to deal only with the best known 
and most beautiful kirds in this work. All those described 
are extremely pretty and deserving of a place in the mixed 
shrubbery or the other special positions mentioned. They will 
succeed in ordinary soil, and should be planted in autumn. 
The Japanese Quinces (Pyrus japonica and Maulei) require 
a certain amount of pruning in December. Then the leading 
young shoots should just have their tips removed, and all the 
side growths be shortened to a couple of inches to form 
fruiting spurs. The other kinds require no pruning beyond 
thinning out weak or dead growths in winter. Increased by 
seeds, cuttings, layering, budding and grafting. The ripe 
fruits of P. Maulei make an excellent preserve. 
RaphiolepiS (Japanese Hawthorn). — A genus of ever- 
green shrubs, belonging to the Rose family (Rosaceae), and 
natives of Japan. P. japonica (Syn. P. ovata) is a dwarf 
species, growing 2 to 3ft. high, and bearing white hawthorn- 
like scented flowers in summer. In the South it may be grown 
in the open, but in other parts the shelter of a warm wall is 
desirable. It does best in sandy peat and loam, and should 
be planted in May or September. Increased by cuttings of 
firm shoots in sandy peat in a cold frame in autumn. 
Rhododendron (Rose Bay). — Evergreen or deciduous 
shrubs, belonging to the Heath order (Ericaceae). The ever- 
green kinds embrace a large number of species as well as a 
legion of beautiful hybrids, the latter being, perhaps, the 
most generally grown. The most distinct of the evergreen 
species are : R. arboreum, a native of the Himalayas, growing 
