a
dose or two of liquid manure in the growing season. The variety,
_grandiflora_, is better than the type.

_Hypericum calycinum_ (Rose of Sharon).--Grows well in half shade. It is
a dwarf plant, very pretty, but perhaps too often seen. Useful for
carpeting other shrubs.

_Jasminum nudiflorum._--Best on a wall. Winter flowering (yellow) and
very pretty when in bloom.

_Jasminum officinale._--Requires a wall, but does well while young. It
is not a very long-lived plant here.

_Kalmia latifolia._--Very attractive pink flowers; hardy, and will do
wherever Rhododendrons flourish.

_Kerria japonica._--A pretty yellow-flowered shrub that increases
rapidly from the root. The double-flowered variety is the most commonly
grown.

_Laburnum._--Too well known for description. _L. Adami_ is curious and
worth growing.

_Lavendula Spica._--The Lavender needs no description.

_Leycesteria formosa._--A good plant for a shady place. It grows well
under trees, and is very hardy.

_Ligustrum ovalifolium_ (Privet).--The golden form of this is good and
bright.

_Liriodendron tulipifera._--Grows well here, and is quite hardy, but
seldom flowers so far north.

_Lonicera periclymenum._--The common native Honeysuckle is an
indispensable climber, and will grow almost anywhere; but looks best,
perhaps, climbing up trees, or over shrubs or hedges. The variety,
_serotina_, flowers later than the type, and is best known under the
name of Late Dutch. _L. Sullivantii_ is a shrubby sort, with not
unattractive flowers of a brownish-orange colour.

_Magnolia._--The only one I have tried is _M. stellata_, which has
proved quite hardy, and I have no doubt that several others would do
quite as well in sheltered places.

_Neillia opulifolia_ (_Spiraea opulifolia_).--Quite hardy.

_Pernettya mucronata._--Does well.

_Pieris_ (_Andromeda_) _floribunda_.--Is quite hardy and very beautiful
early in the year. Will grow in soils that suit Rhododendrons.

_Potentilla fruticosa._--A little summer-flowering shrub, with yellow
flowers. It does well on the upper parts of the rock garden, and is
quite hardy.

_Prunus_ (_Cerasus_) _Mahaleb pendula_.--A very attractive little
weeping tree, with small white flowers in spring.

_Pyrus._--The following do well here: _Pyrus floribunda_, _P.
coronaria_, _P. lobata_ (syn. _Mespilus grandiflora_), and, of course,
the native Rowan tree (_P. Aucuparia_). The family of Apples enjoy a
well-drained place, be