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tender, and can not be relied upon unless protected in winter ; 
but the Gordoni , or Gordon’s flowering currant, is perfectly 
hardy, a strong, vigorous grower, with long, pendant racemes of 
crimson and yellow flowers in May, rendering its appearance 
highly attractive and pleasing. It should be in all collections. 
The double-flowering crimson — sanguineum flore 'pleno — like its 
parent, is partially tender; all the others are hardy. Very pretty 
groups or masses for spring show can be made by using the dif- 
ferent varieties of flowering currants. 
The Deutzia. — For foregrounds to masses of shrubbery, or 
for producing a profusion of white flowers, the different varieties 
of Deutzia have claims to pre-eminence. They are all perfectly 
hardy and easily grown in any soil. The rough-leaved or 
scabra is the strongest grower, making a shrub from four to five 
feet high, with flowers resembling orange blossoms. Gorymbosum 
