534 THE GARDENER. [Dec. 



an incentive to the same energetic, persevering efforts for the advance- 

 ment of horticulture which we had so often witnessed and so much 

 admired in him ; and if we now regard the memorial as inclusive, and 

 intended to perpetuate the memory of both father and son, — the zeal- 

 ous horticulturist and the successful traveller, — the same sentiments 

 will equally apply. Surely this will be more effectually secured by 

 spurring on the active man in full possession of his powers and in the 

 full practice of his profession, than by pensioning the effete though 

 worthy man whose day of action is past, and who must, in the ordin- 

 ary course of things, soon pass away from the scene. There can be no 

 question about it ; it must be so. The stimulus to action must be 

 more effectual than the sop to repose in keeping up the memory of a 

 horticultural leader, and we hence conclude that the right thing has 

 been done." 



Landscape-gardeners might take a hint from the common Hawthorn 

 (Crataegus oxycantha) at the present moment, when, in keeping with 

 the unusually fructiferous character of the season, it is found in most 

 instances literally clothed with red berries. When seen standing out 

 against the naked outlines of leafless trees, or even as an isolated 

 specimen in a piece of park-land, it lights up the scene, and gives a 

 tone to the barrenness around it. Berried trees during winter are of 

 great value in adorning our woodlands, and deserve to be planted as 

 much for this especial service as for the sake of the flowers they yield in 

 the spring. Somehow most, if not all, deciduous shrubs give tints of 

 red during the leafless portion of their existence, and cheer, while 

 leafless, the dulness and decay of winter. Hence an eye to effect in 

 winter is as important, in a certain degree, in the construction of a 

 landscape, as during the summer, when there 



" Shines beauty in its vernal year, 

 Bright, sparkling, fascinating, clear, 

 Gay, thoughtless of its doom." 



For the purpose of lighting up shrubbery borders, woodland ways, belts 

 of trees, plantations, &c, at this season of the year, scarcely anything 

 can compete with variegated Hollies, that shine out with their richest 

 garniture of gold and silver in the depth of winter. It is singular to 

 note how a lengthened patch of variegated Hollies, thrown into the line 

 of a belt of trees or line of shrubbery-border flanking a walk, will seem 

 to shorten its length, even to a remarkable degree. Lately a striking 

 instance has been afforded of the ill effects arising from placing sheets of 

 ornamental water or small lakes near to groups of trees on the banks 

 where dark-foliaged trees, and especially Firs, predominate. It has no 

 doubt struck many others long since, but it is worth a notice at this time 



