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THE GARDENING WORLD . 
July 6, 1907. 
Flowering Trees and Shrubs. 
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How to Make Shrubberies 
Interesting and Attractive. 
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The above is an account of the gardens 
at ’‘Keys,” Eversley, and others, which the 
author, Rose G. Kingsley, has written. 
As an instance of how great things may 
grow from small beginnings, she tells us 
that it was a wild Rose in a gap that de¬ 
cided her fate eight years ago. Every¬ 
thing so pleased her after the observation 
of that beautiful wilding that she bought 
the land of the meadow just beyond the 
Rose and two others besides. As a mat¬ 
ter of course the book must tell of the de¬ 
velopment or growth of this garden as a 
result leading up from that small bent 
that was given to the inclination. 
The book, after dealing with the making 
of the garden, proceeds to speak of soils, 
planting, pruning, the spring garden and 
its bulbs. May garlands, summer garden, 
Rose garden, and so forth. Necessarily, 
the author had enemies to contend with, 
and these are dealt with together with 
an account of a few other gardens. The 
splendid garden of Sir W. J. Farrar at 
Sandhurst Lodge, Berks, comes in for a 
chapter under the heading of "A Garden 
of Delight.” 
The book contains many full-page il¬ 
lustrations, several of which, and one in 
particular of the blue Nymphaea scuti- 
folia, refer to what she saw at Sandhurst 
Lodge. The book, of course, is written 
in popular language, and contains many 
hints, the result of this lady’s experience 
in her own garden and also in those she 
visited. The book is obtainable from 
Mr. George Allen, 156, Charing Cross 
Road, London, for 6s. 
Why is it that the shrubberies in so 
many of our gardens are so lamentably 
uninteresting, occupied, as they are, 
mainly by varieties of the Laurel, Privet, 
Cypress and Holly, when they could be 
made so much more attractive by the ad¬ 
dition of 'a selection from the admirable 
flowering trees and shrubs at our disposal? 
Opportunity should be taken during the 
present spring and forthcoming summer 
when visiting Kew and other gardens to 
note desirable varieties of these subjects 
when in flower with a view to extensive 
planting in the fall of the year. The 
following should be included in every list, 
namely:— 
Small Flowering Trees. 
Prunus Pissardi, or purple leaved 
Plum, is most valuable for decorative pur¬ 
poses. Acer Negundo variegatum is a 
variegated Maple contrasting beautifully 
with the above. The Siberian Crab has 
white flowers and yellow and red fruits. 
Almond, double flowering, both pink and 
white varieties. The Bird Cherry has 
racemes of white flowers. Double flowered 
White Cherry should not be omitted. 
Robinia hispida, or Rose Acacia, may be 
included if a position sheltered from high 
winds can be found for it. Of Crataegus 
or Hawthorn, Paul’s double scarlet is .a 
particularly brilliant variety. Amelan 
chier canadensis is covered in spring with 
starry white blossoms. 
Flowering Shrubs. 
Prunus triloba bears charming sprays 
of pink rosettes, like miniature Roses. 
Berberis Darwinii, B. stenophylla and B. 
Thunbergii bear innumerable yellow 
Androsaces 
And Drabas 
On a Westmorland 
Border Facing; South = West. 
On -a slope facing south-west An¬ 
drosaces flourish in our sandy hot 
soil. Carnea eximia appeared unex¬ 
pectedly and flowered ; it had apparently 
come in the soil among some other 
alpines. Sarmentosa and sarmentosa 
Chumbyi grow here, the former starting 
at the top of the slope has reached the 
bottom, coming down like a waterfall, 
over stones and little boulders, and root¬ 
ing its long shoots all the way down; 
if is now (May) in full flower. Last year 
Laggeri and vitaliana, one pink and the 
other yellow, flowered side by id- in 
little mats of colour. All these seem to 
be quite hardy and to like the sand and 
the sun. In winter they are only pro¬ 
tected by spruce boughs ; but Androsace 
flowers in spring and the leaves oi 
the last variety particularly are gorgeously 
coloured in the autumn. In every’ wav 
worthy of a place are Spiraea Thunbergii'. 
S. prunifolia, and S. Anthony Waterer! 
The first two have the appearance of a 
bush covered with a drift of snow. Lilacs 
in variety, particularly the double white' 
Marie Lemoine, should be planted. Phila- 
delphus grandiflora, the large flowered 
sweet-scented variety of the so-called 
Syringa is one of the best. Cytisus scop- 
arius, C. praecox, and C. scopariu; 
andreanus, the yellow, white and varie¬ 
gated forms of the Broom are choice sub¬ 
jects. Weigelas or Bush Honeysuckles ir 
variety claim a place in the shrubbery. 
Althaea frutex, bearing Godetia-like 
blooms in late summer, is a worthy addi 
tion to the list. Cydonia japonica is the 
Japanese Quince. Daphne Mezereum 
one of the, earliest shrubs to bloom, ha; 
exquisitely fragrant flowers. Ribes, the 
familiar flowering Currants, and Forsvthin 
suspensa, with pendulous sprays of golder 
bells in early spring, are popular flowers. 
Berried Shrubs. 
These are very attractive in the autumn. 
Cotone,aster Simonsii and Pyracanthn 
Lelandi being particularly desirable 
shrubs. 
The above and many others, if judi¬ 
ciously planted with occasional evergreens, 
and the space beneath carpeted with fern; 
and bulbs, will produce a charming effect 
and make the shrubbery perennially in¬ 
teresting. 
H. F. Porter. 
Southgate. 
lanuginosa prefers a damper, strongei 
soil, and, though it lives and flowers, re 
quires a pane of glass propped on stone; 
as protection, -in winter. Androsace 
coronopifolia, an annual, sows itself 
It came up surrounding a bunch 0: 
Anemone fulgens, and was very effective 
A rare Draba bruniaefolia grows amon< 
the Androsaces, which it resembles in ap 
pearance, and Draba pyrenaica also i; 
showing its pink flowers. Growing in the 
same way as the above, and by their owr 
arrangement, Draba aizoides and the 
Erinus from the Roman Wall (hispani- 
cus or alpinus) self-sown, have filled uj 
all the vacant places, and add colour tc 
the scene. 
M. V. B. 
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Lonicera Maacki. 
The above is one of the upright or self 
supporting Honeysuckles which produce 
a great wealth of pale yellow flowers al 
along the last year’s shoots and on the 
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