- 



er 1 



turf i 



Tte I re made fast to the staki s bow- 



; 

 the t: began! were then well 



luring Jmi . . . . _. . . 



j 



in] 



bfa sow-manure : : :_^ i and b 



bd we 1 mn ti xL to the surface oJ 



the very molchi s 



mad- - . _ fruit 



Wc the 



vhethei the; ._ i .. m sd few 



immer, and top-dressed in autumn. 

 We have heard much about lifting and root-pruni:. g me are 

 succe^-: ;.'.. whS 



with the:: '. : the sari x may be lifted 



at any time with perf e : - be rk 



mulching in the spring ind top- g ".unm to be : the 



greate-: value for all kinds .: 



:: 



ORXAMEINTAL TREES ATTD SHRUBS. 



:3E FEBIWIHKLE . 



ecies belonging to this 

 are hardy enough for open-air cultivation in this country. These 

 are evergreens with a trailing habit of growth, indige^ 

 what wide area on the Continent, and pr: so tc Eritain. 



where, if not really native, they are found in some dii 

 siderable abundance, growing, as one writer remarks, ' ; in he 

 and banks, in woods, but too often near pleasure-grounds." They 

 were formerly known under the popular name ot 



and one or other of the species is alluded to by the old English poet 

 er so early as the fourteenth century : — 



" There sprang the \ new, 



And fresh perrinke rich of h 

 And flowers yellow, white, and rede, 

 . h plenty grew there never in m t 



