to exposure to cold winds.

_Calycanthus floridus._--Quite hardy, and grows well in half-shady
places.

_Ceanothus azureus._--This succeeds either trained to a wall or as a
bush. In the latter case it should be in a sheltered position. It seems
quite frost-proof, and its blue flowers are very beautiful at a time
when few shrubs are in bloom (July and August). Its shoots should be
well thinned, and those left shortened as soon as the buds begin to show
signs of movement in the spring. The best form I have tried is Gloire de
Versailles.

_Choisya ternata_ (Mexican Orange Flower).--This is well worth growing
as a bush in a sheltered angle of a wall, where it can be protected in
winter with a hurdle or some such contrivance, lightly thatched with
Broom. It is even then, in very severe weather, cut about the points of
the shoots, which, of course, spoils the blooming; but it soon grows
through again, and it is worth growing for its foliage alone.

_Clematis._--These mostly do well, and the newer sorts are very
attractive, but for all purposes it is very hard to beat _C. montana_
and _C. Jackmani_, the former in May and the latter for the autumn.

_Clethra alnifolia._--A neat and free-flowering shrub, with spikes of
white flowers in August; it is very hardy and useful, as few shrubs are
in flower at that time.

_Cornus alba._--A clump of this Dogwood is very effective in winter,
especially when the sun is shining on its bright-red shoots. _C. a.
Spaethii_ is a good variegated variety.

_Corylus Avellana purpurea._--A good purple-leaved nut.

_Cotoneaster microphylla._--Quite hardy either as a bush or on a wall.

_Cytisus albus._--No garden should be without this beautiful Broom. _C.
praecox_, the Cream Broom, is a dwarfer but no less beautiful variety;
it is very pretty grouped with a few plants of _C. purpureus_, which
flowers at the same time. Another fine Broom is the red and yellow
variety of the Common Broom (_C. scoparius andreanus_). The Brooms will
grow anywhere, but prefer an open place in full sun. They should be cut
hard back after flowering, and if the young seed-pods can be picked off
so much the better.

_Daphne Cneorum._--A bright little shrub best grown on the rock garden;
quite hardy.

_Daphne Laureola._--This has fine foliage and will grow in quite a shady
place.

_Daphne Mezereum._--A beautiful early-flowering Daphne, too well known
for description.

_Deutzia crenata._--A most useful hardy