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pushes out new lateral growth, 

 and tlie density and distinctness 

 of the foliage, combined with 

 its peculiar colour, render it a 

 very striking plant to mix in a 

 belt of evergreen shrubs. 



It must be remembered, that 

 mere outlines of leaves, though 

 useful for identification, give no 

 idea of the characters of the kinds 

 as ornamental trees. The splen- 

 did green of nobilis, the high 

 varnish of Donningtonensis, and 

 the sparkle of Cheshuntensis have 

 nothing to surpass them, and 

 few tilings to equal them, among 

 the colours and forms of hardy 

 shrubs. 



The accompanying figures 

 show the natural size of the leaf 

 of each kind figured. Descriptions 

 of each are not wanted, as, with 

 the exception of the foregoing 

 remarks on certain distinct kinds, 

 there is little beside the form of 

 the leaf on which remarks might 

 be made. Probably this exhibi- 

 tion of green holly leaves will be 

 of considerable interest to our 

 readers. Next month we shall 

 present a similar collection of the 

 most distinctly formed and co- 

 loured of variegated hollies. 



Shikley Hibbekd. 



CnESHUKTElfSIS. 



THE TEUE CAUSE OE THE EECENT MOETALITY AMOXa 



TEEES. 



In the current number of the Flohal 

 Would I behold a list of shrubs which 

 liave stood the severity of the weather, and 

 of those which have been destroyed, and 

 of those yet doubtful, coupled with some 

 wholesome advice as to turning pnst ex- 

 perience to account, in present or future 

 operations, which advice all whom it m.ay 

 concern would do well to follow. But I 

 am rather surprised that all who speak of 

 the destruction so loudly lamented, attri- 

 bute it all to the frost. In the early part 

 of the year 1855, we had seven weeks 

 continued frost, the thermometer frequently 

 registering 20' below freezing point, and 

 once (I forget the exact date), the register 

 stood at 6' above zero, only two degrees 

 above that registered on tlie morning of 

 December 25th, 1860, on the same spot, 

 and yet the destruction committed that 

 winter was as nothing compared to this ; 

 and why ? for taking the amount of frost 



into consideration, the balance would lecivd 

 the past winter not so very severe after ally 

 compared with some which have spared 

 the bays and laurestinas. In the summer 

 and autumn of 1854, vegetation had an 

 opportunity of making a healthy growth, 

 and of ripening the wood before the severe 

 weather set in ; and I am inclined to think 

 that not one only but two causes have 

 produced the terrible destruction among 

 shrubs and garden subjects generally. The 

 essentials for promoting a free, healthy 

 growth, are liglit, heat, and moisture, an 

 excess or deficiency of either will cause bad 

 health, or promote disease in plants, shrubs, 

 or trees. Last year we had a deficiency of 

 the two former, and an excess of the latter y 

 incessant clouds obstructed the sun's rays, 

 and prevented the ground getting even 

 warm ; incessant rains kept the soil coldi 

 and clammy ; trees and shrubs could make 

 little or no root-action ; they became filled- 



