Two shrubs are now flowering in the garden which in this month of the year are valuable. One is called Glethra (Sweet Pepper Bush), mentioned in May for pot-cultivation, and useful, as it stands pulling about and changing; it is quite hardy, but in dry places it is the better for watering when coming into flower. The other is called Pavia or Aesculus parvifolia (Dwarf Horse Chestnut), a handsome and valuable hardy shrub from North America. It does not grow fast, and takes little room; it has long spikes of flowers with bright pink stamens, is refined and sweet, and very pretty when gathered and wedged (see Appendix), though it would not look well in a room in any other way. I have had it several years, and it flowers every year; its handsome and yet restrained growth is a great advantage in a small garden.