ing impatient of too much wet at the roots;
otherwise, their culture is of the simplest. They should be allowed to
grow as they will, only cutting out any branches that would be obviously
better away, and dead wood if any.

_Rhododendrons_ and _Azaleas_ luxuriate here. The common _R. ponticum_
sows itself in the woods. I have not yet tried the Himalayan
Rhododendrons, but from what I have seen of them in the Edinburgh
Botanic Gardens, which are much exposed to cold winds, I feel fairly
certain I could grow them here, where I can give them more protection.

_Rhodotypus kerrioides._--A very pretty hardy shrub, flowering on and
off all the summer. It has very clean white flowers, and from
appearances looks as though a cross with Kerria might be successful. The
Rhodotypus seeds freely here. It grows to a good size.

_Rhus Cotinus._--Another good shrub, attractive either in flower or
foliage, and the latter turns to a good colour in autumn.

_Ribes._--No garden should be without a plant of the Common Ribes. I
also grow _Aureum_ and a pale pinkish-white sort.

_Robinia hispida_ (Rose Acacia).--This is doing well in a corner
sheltered from the north, east, and west by evergreens.

_Roses._--The best that I grow as shrubs (in the garden sense) are the
Penzance Briars, _Rosa rugosa_ (Japanese Rose), Austrian Briars, _R.
spinosissima_, _Blairii II._, Charles Lawson, _R. macrantha_, _R.
alpina_, &c. These Roses stand up and make a good bush in a sheltered
place, without staking or any other trouble. Very little pruning is
needful, and that after the flowers are over, cutting out weak wood and
shortening some of the old shoots back to where young ones are breaking
vigorously.

_Rubus deliciosus._--Very pretty white flowers, large for a bramble. It
appears to be quite hardy, but is not a very strong grower.

_Ruscus aculeatus_ (Butcher's Broom).--An inconspicuous little shrub
that grows well under trees.

_Spartium junceum_ (Spanish Broom).--A good shrub for a sheltered bank;
it has spikes of bright-yellow flowers in July.

_Spiraea._--Most of the Spiraeas do well here. The following are the
best of those I grow: _S. canescens_, very pretty habit of growth and
foliage; _S. discolor_ (_ariaefolia_), _S. japonica_ (vars. _alba_,
_Bumalda_, and Anthony Waterer), the last-mentioned very good. _S.
lindleyana_, a large grower, handsome both in flower and foliage. _S.
prunifolia fl. pl._ should be in all gardens; good both for f