. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 47° THE BOOK OF GARDENING. until October. Star of India, Guiding Star, Alba, Jackmanni, Mrs. Barron Veillard, Tunbridgensis, Rubra Violacea, and Victoria are free in blossom. The flowers of the Viticella group are borne during summer. Mrs. James Bateman, Thomas Moore, Hendersoni, Earl of Beaconsfield, and Lady Bovill are very fine. The flowers of the Lanuginosa group are very large and delicately coloured. Fairy Queen, Grand Duchess, William Kennett, Blue Gem, Beauty of Worcester, Duchess of Teck, The Shah, and Lady
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 47° THE BOOK OF GARDENING. until October. Star of India, Guiding Star, Alba, Jackmanni, Mrs. Barron Veillard, Tunbridgensis, Rubra Violacea, and Victoria are free in blossom. The flowers of the Viticella group are borne during summer. Mrs. James Bateman, Thomas Moore, Hendersoni, Earl of Beaconsfield, and Lady Bovill are very fine. The flowers of the Lanuginosa group are very large and delicately coloured. Fairy Queen, Grand Duchess, William Kennett, Blue Gem, Beauty of Worcester, Duchess of Teck, The Shah, and Lady Caroline Neville are also of great beauty; Nivea and Pallida, however, are two of the finest of the group. Evergreen.—Escallonias are ornamental shrubs with showy flowers, the best known being E. macrantha, which has thick glossy green leaves and pink flowers. E. rubra, E. Ingrami, and E. sanguinea are de- serving of attention too. E. Langleyensis is a most valuable addition to the list of beautiful hardy free - flowering shrubs. It is a cross between E. Philippiana% and E. sanguinea $. In foliage it resembles the female parent, while its rose-pink flowers are produced as freely as those of E. Philip- piana. Photinia serrulata, a native of China and Japan, is conspicuous for its large, Laurel-like, deep glossy green leaves, which in spring are suffused with brownish-red. It is effective either in the open shrubbery or trained against a wall. Akebia quinata is a quick-twining shrub of elegant growth, with deep green leaves, and pale purple flowers, borne in short Fig. 298,-Berberidopsis corallina. racem£s in MarcL Although not showy they are valued on account of the fragrance they emit. This shrub should not be planted on a cold, eastern aspect, as the biting winds cut the tender growths. Smilaxes are of hardy constitution, and may be used as wall- coverers, but are really better adapted for rambling over ruins, tree-stumps, &c. Any common soil suits them. 6'. asperma (P
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