FLORAL DECORATIONS. 9 i 
colors, it is unnecessary to specify varieties, leaving it to 
individual taste. 
In still milder regions the Bourbons and Noisettes, where 
they flourish, will be preferred on account of their habit of 
continuous blooming, and their more delicate structure and 
finer fragrance. In the warm regions the China and Tea 
Roses, with their delicate tints and exquisite perfume, will 
cf course be mainly employed—these with some selections 
from the Bourbons and Noisettes will supply all that can be 
desired. 
Deutzia gracilis is a hardy, low-grqwing shrub, produc- 
' ing a profusion of pure white delicate flowers in spring, 
and will always occupy a principal place in the list we 
are naming., Deutzia crenata flore pleno, growing four or 
five feet hig'h, is one of the most beautiful of flowering 
shrubs. The flowers are double, pure white, except that 
the back of each petal is slightly and delicately tinged 
with pink. 
Deutzia crenata candidissima resembles the preceding, 
except that it is entirely white. 
Without giving further descriptions the following may 
be mentioned :—Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, Tree 
Paeony, Weigelia of differeAt varieties,' Purple-leaved Ber 
berry,Spirea,of different varieties,Mahonia aquifblia,dwarf- 
