. My garden in summer . iven us a second flowering thisyear: these summer blooms are larger and whiter thanthose of April. Flowering shrubs that will come to ones help inmid-August are none too plentiful, so those that makea bright display are of great price; Genista aethnensisis one of the best, for an old specimen has so manygood points—among them I reckon a trunk that is averitable tree, graceful pendant branches, slender twigsof a rich green, a delightful habit of bearing its bunchesof flowers scattered evenly over the whole plant, and adelicious scent to crown all. Spartium junceum, the w
. My garden in summer . iven us a second flowering thisyear: these summer blooms are larger and whiter thanthose of April. Flowering shrubs that will come to ones help inmid-August are none too plentiful, so those that makea bright display are of great price; Genista aethnensisis one of the best, for an old specimen has so manygood points—among them I reckon a trunk that is averitable tree, graceful pendant branches, slender twigsof a rich green, a delightful habit of bearing its bunchesof flowers scattered evenly over the whole plant, and adelicious scent to crown all. Spartium junceum, the well-known Spanish Broom, ifsheared over in Spring, though contrary to the treatmentrequired by most of its near relations, should be a solidmass of its great yellow flowers just at this period ; Iam sure they are finer and more effective for an annualSpring pruning than if left to straggle, and if one nipsthe tell-tale sharp-nosed keel out of a spike of extralarge ones for a button-hole, it is possible to excite a 296. uellmnisis. (See p. ^ijd.) August Sweet Pea enthusiast into the belief that you are wearinga yellow variety of his favourite flower. Hyhiscus syriacus, alias Althea frutex, in its many singlevarieties, gives good things for a sunny position with soilconditions that are moist and cool—their feet in a welland their heads in a furnace, in fact, as the Arabs de-scribe the best conditions for Palms. I find the double-flowered ones only make a show in very sunny seasonshere, and even then I do not like any of them so wellas the more reliable single ones, the best of which, tomy idea, is a Japanese form known as Hamabo. Itwas imported from Japan by the late Mr. Chambers,and was so much admired in his beautiful garden atHaslemere that cuttings were soon given by his generoushand to many friends, and most of the older bushes inthis country, mine included, can be traced to him orto Bitton, where a similar centre of distribution wassoon established. It has very
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