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Soms, One-Third Size

There are many varieties, all beautiful. The figure on page 518, the rose-colored variety, an elegant shrub, with fine rose-colored flowers, introduced from China by Mr. Fortune, and considered one of the finest plants he has discovered; of erect, compact growth; blossoms in June.

One of the most valuable properties of the weigelias is that they come into blossom after the lilac, and when there is some scarcity of flowering shrubs. FORSYTHIA. (GOLDEN BELL). - These are pretty shrubs, of medium size. All natives of China and Japan. The flowers are drooping, yellow, and appear very early in spring, before the leaves. The best very early flowering shrubs. The one we illustrate is in its growth, upright; foliage, deep green; flowers, bright yellow, and shows the natural size of the flowers. (See next page). HALESIA. (SILVER BELL). - This is the common snow drop, a pretty companion to the golden bell. A beautiful large shrub, with pretty, white, bell-shaped flowers