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a white variety named album and a red one named atrorubeus. 
R. aureum (Buffalo Currant) bears golden-yellow flowers, and 
R. gordonianum, a hybrid, red and yellow flowers in May. R. 
speciosum has hairy, prickly stems and crimson flowers with 
protruding stamens. This species does trained against a 
warm wall ; the others may be grown in the mixed shrubbery 
in ordinary soil. Plant in autumn. The Flowering Currants 
should be pruned directly after flowering, thinning out the 
shoots that have flowered. Weak or sickly shoots may also 
be thinned out in winter,. Increased by cuttings of the 
ripened shoots inserted outdoors in October; also by layering 
in autumn. 
Robinia (False Acacia). — The Robinias belong to the 
Laburnum order (Leguminosae), and are hardy deciduous 
trees. R. Pseud-acacia (False Acacia) is a tall growing, N. 
American tree, growing 30ft. high or so, with pinnate 
leaves, and white fragrant flowers borne in drooping clusters 
in May. The late William Cobbett did much to encourage the 
planting of this tree in woodlands and gardens. It is of rapid 
growth, and well suited for the mixed shrubbery. The variety 
inermis is a compact-headed tree much grown as standards 
in suburban front gardens. This is grafted on R. Pseud- 
acacia. The prettiest species is R. hispida (Rose Acacia). 
This grows 10 to 15ft. high, and bears large rosy blossoms 
in drooping racemes in May. A fine tree to grow as a standard 
in small gardens. All succeed in ordinary soil. Plant in 
autumn. The mop-headed kind (inermis) requires to be 
annually pruned in close in winter. Increased by seeds, and 
by budding or grafting. 
Rosa. (Rose). — In a book of the flower garden some 
mention must be made of the Rose in a general way, for it is 
one of the important subjects grown therein. Yet so vast is 
the theme that we cannot possibly do justice to it in the brief 
space at our disposal. All we can do is to deal briefly with the 
various uses to which the various sections of roses may be 
put, and give a few cultural hints. For a fuller treatise we 
must refer the readers to our monograph on “ Roses and their 
Cultivation.”* 
The uses to which the rose may be put in the decoration 
of the flower garden are many. The dwarf Hybrid Perpetuals, 
Hybrid Teas, Teas, Chinas, Polyanthas, Moss, and Cabbage 
types may be utilised for massing in beds in conjunction with 
standards and half-standards ; or standards and half- 
• “ Roses and their Cultivation," Published by W. H. and L. 
CollingriJge, 148 and 149, Aldersgate Street, London, K.C. 
