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able for bright red and yellow stems. It is 

 possible to get some kinds to assume the 

 proportions of moderate-sized trees, but the 

 color of the branches is less bright than 

 when the bushes are cut down each year and 

 Ions; annual shoots are depended upon. Sali.r 

 (iaf'liiiijidcs offers a contrast by reason of 

 its purplish stems, which are coated with a 

 glaucous bloom. Several kinds of Coniiis 

 arc equally desirable shrubs, C. alba and its 

 seveial varieties, C'. Bailcyi and C. stoloiii- 

 fcra producing bright red" bark, whilst the 

 variety liaviramea has golden branches. 

 Lcyccsteria formosa is conspicuous on ac- 

 count of its vivid green stems, and the vari- 

 ous kinds of Cytisus and Genista and Kcrria 

 japonica are appreciated for the same rea- 

 son. Browns are represented by Forsytliia 

 siispensa, Philadeli)huscs in variety, particu- 

 larly P. Lemoinci: the various kinds of 

 Neillia, many Spiraeas, Stcphanandra tlcxu- 

 osa, Ribcs sanguincuDi, Rubus spcctabiiis, 

 R. oiloratiis, R. dcliciosus. R. Nutkanus. etc. 

 Amongst Barberries, the most conspicuous 

 are Bcrbcris virescens, with red branches, 

 and B. dictyophyl'a and its variety albicaulis 

 with white stems. The white-stemmed 

 Bramble (Rubus biflorus) has long been 

 known as a conspicuous shrub in Winter, for 

 its strong branches have the appearance of 

 having been coated with whitewash. Several 

 (ithor .American kinds with wliite-coatcd 

 .■.tetns, such as A'. Iciicodeniiis and R. O'Ci- 

 dciitalis, have also been long in cultivation, 

 but we have now a number of other kinds 

 from China which promise to be even more 

 attractive. .Amongst them there are R. 

 lai'ioslylus, R. Giralrianus, R. corcanus, and 

 R. niveus, in addition to several un-named 

 kinds. 



The beauty of many of these colored 

 stemmed shrubs is most apparent when thev 

 arc planted in large masses, and they should 

 be so placed that they can be seen from a 

 consideraljle distance, for on a sunny day the 

 touches of color light up and relieve leafless 

 plantations or sombre-hued groups of Coni- 

 fers or other evergreens. — Gardcnini; IIIiis- 

 Initcd. 



PATH MARGINS. 



There are nearly as many edging plants 

 as there are bedding plants, bi.t, while one 

 sees many gay and original schemes in 

 beds and herbaceous borders, one does not 

 notice a proportionate variety of pretty 

 margins. Heaths make a glorious and quite 

 unique edging to a graveled path, while 

 Thyme, either the commo.i hcrli or the 

 dwarf wild Thyme, is also charming. 

 Escholt::ia makes a gay fringe of orange 

 and yellow to a bed. while Figwort. W'ood- 

 rnff.Nasturtiums (dwarf), common Musk, 

 Snow-iu-Summer, many of the Saxifrages, 

 and the Bellllowcrs are guaranteed to give 

 the dullest border a gay margin. 



I wonder why it is that, with a long list 

 of these plants at our disiiosal. tlie edges 

 of our Ijorders are ofteii lamentably dull. 

 Box has the advantage of looking fresh all 

 the year through, but it offers hospitality 

 to various slugs and garden pests, which is, 

 of course, a drawback. But tlien all live 

 edgin.gs have this drawback. Tlie concrete 

 liorder is not very beautiful in its infancy, 

 but it can look very charming when properly 

 covered. It is a boon in small gardens and 

 a help to keeping the paths tidy. It can 

 always be camouflaged by such drooping 

 pb'ints as Aubrictia or .Irabis in the Spring, 

 and Saxifrages in the Summer. 



Rustic and brick edgings are never very 

 pretty, save in country cottages, where they 

 somehow fit in with their surromidings. 

 Mignonette or Musk in the Summer, Sa.xi- 

 frage or Aubrictia in the Spring, Lnbclia or 

 Xasturtiums in the .Autumn fit in with this 

 scheme of edging. Another path margin 

 which can be truly dcliglitful is the rockery 

 border to paths. Alpines arc mostly success- 



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