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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
Traversii is a neat growing New Zealand species, with small 
narrow leaves and lilac-white blossoms. Another good kind 
is V. salicifolia, with willow-like leaves and bluish-white bios 
soms. These do well in seaside gardens and also in inland 
sheltered gardens. Grow in sandy loam or good ordinary 
soil in sunny warm borders. Plant in May or September. 
Increased by cuttings in sandy soil in a cold frame in autumn. 
Viburnum (Snowball Tree; Guelder Rose; Laurustinus). 
— Deciduous and evergreen trees or shrubs, belonging to the 
Honeysuckle order (Caprifoliaceae). The Guelder Rose (V. 
ftpulus) is a native tree too common to grow in gardens. Its 
variety sterile is, however, grown, and this is the Guelder Rose 
or Snowball Tree of gardens. This has sterile flowers and 
white bracts, which are it chief attraction. A variegated form 
of it with white and yellow leaves is pretty. V. plicatum is a 
Japanese variety, which bears sterile white flowers in globular 
heads in June. V. macrocephalum is a large and sterile 
flowered species from China. The foregoing are deciduous. 
V. tinus (Laurustinus) is a well-known evergreen shrub, which 
bears white flowers in trusses during the winter. There are 
several varieties of it. V. rhytidophyllum is a handsome ever- 
green species, with large leaves measuring gin. in length and 
2^in. in width. Flowers yellowish-white, succeeded in autumn 
by dark red berries. The Guelder Roses are pretty shrubs 
to grow in the mixed shrubbery in sunny positions. They will 
succeed in ordinary soil, and should be planted in autumn. In 
winter thin out the weak wood, but do not shorten the young 
growths. The Laurustinus requires a warm sheltered posi- 
tion as, coming from the Mediterranean region, it is liable 
to be injured by severe frosts. It will grow in any ordinary 
soil, and is best planted in May or September. This shrub 
requires no pruning. Increased by cuttings of half-ripened 
shoots in a cold frame in September, or layering in October. 
Zenobia. — Z. speciosa (Syn. Andromeda speciosa) is an 
evergreen flowering shrub of American origin, and belonging 
to the Heath order (Ericaceae). It grows about 2ft. high, and 
bears white lily-of-the-valley-like flowers in summer. A pretty 
shrub to grow in conjunction with other peat-loving shrubs. 
Plant in September. Increased by layering in autumn. 
