ORNAMENTAL DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. 
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pinkish white, and Desbois has flowers like rosea, except they 
are darker when first opened. The variegated-leaved weigela is 
a strong grower, and desirable on account of its foliage, being 
edged with yellow. 
The plants may be grown in clusters or to a single stem. In 
the latter way the side branches become horizontal, almost 
drooping, especially when in flower, and for single specimens 
present in this manner perhaps the best and most pleasing 
effect. 
The White Fringe Tree — Chionanthus . — The white fringe 
tree or Virginian snow-flower — chionanthus Virginica — is a shrub 
or low tree with dark green foliage and producing a profusion 
of drooping racemes of pretty wdiite flowers in the month of 
June. It delights in moist soil, and by the side of water grows 
vigorously, and is, when in flower, an extremely pretty shrub. 
In dry soils its growth is very slow, and it is not specially 
desirable as compared with many other plants that grow freely 
and bloom at the same period. 
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