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E. Sieboldi, or Sieboldiaiia, is classed as an everi;Tet'n, 

 but only retains this character in the South ; in the North 

 it drops its folias^e when severe frost touches it. This 

 species differs much from E. jaix)nica, for its deep green 

 leaves are not as thick and shining; its habit of growth 

 is more bushy and its berries are orange-red. 



E. alata is deciduous ; the cork-like hark of its branches 

 are four-winged ; the almost innunierai)le red pods contain 

 seeds covered with orange-red flesh, the displav of which 

 in contrast to its green leaves forms a bright ])icture. 

 The tlowers of !•".. alata, like those of all Euonymus, are 

 greenish and not esi)ecial!y attractive. Its fruit and foli- 

 age are the beiiuty features. Sometimes in Autnnm. the 

 foliage assumes pleasing shades of color, just before it 

 falls.' 



E. Americana is a native deciduous species, as is also 

 E. atroinn-jjurea. generally known as the American Burn- 

 ing Hush, but the latter is superior to E. Americana, 

 which grows to a height of six to eight feet. Its branches 

 are slender and very unlike those of E. atropur]>urea, and 

 its bright crimson seed capsules are warty, while those 

 of atropurpurea are smooth and disclose on bursting 

 bright scarlet seeds. The bright capsules and brilliant 

 colored fruit within are the most attractive features of 

 these species which commend them to jilanters of shrubs. 

 Thev also explain the common names of .Strawberry 

 Tree, !>trawl>errv liush. Burning Bush and Bursting 

 Heart, the first name being a]>iilied especially to E. atro- 

 pur]iurea when grown in tree form. 



The European Euonymus, E. EuropcTa, brought in 

 early days of American gardening from Europe, is still 

 common in old gardens. The orange-scarlet color of its 

 fruit helps to distinguish it from E. atropurpurea, whose 

 fruit is of a deeper scarlet. 



There is a comparatively little known EAionynius, 

 namely E. Hamiltoniana, whose leaves are larger than 

 those of E. Europica and retain their color and form till 

 late Autumn. The berries also of this .species are of 

 unusual beauty, the capsules which hold them being 

 pink and the fruit orange-red. 



Passing from the .shrub and tree shajies of F,uonymus, 

 we come to a vine form, E. radicans and its variety, varie- 

 gata. This s^x-cies is a hardier vine than Hedera helix, 

 English ivy, and very suitable for covering low walls and 

 trunks of trees, but is a slow grower. It is a native of 

 Japan, an evergreen, and clings closely and smoothly to 

 "stone, wood, or tree bark, but does not .give the large 

 effect of English ivy. We could not consider E. radicans 

 and its variety rivals of the English ivy. but rather as a 

 vine to be used when growth less luxm-iant than luiglish 

 ivv is desirable and when the latter is not hardy. 



We have used in sj>elling the generic name the older 

 spelling, Euonymus: but the sjielling more recently adopt- 

 ed is Evonymus, v being used in the first syllable instead 

 of u as formerly. The later s])elling ap]-)ears to be ety- 

 mologically correct. 



The Ilalesia, Snowdrop Tree, is one of the prettiest of 

 our smaller ornamental flowering trees f)r large .shrubs. 

 The several species lilnom in the .Spring and are so beau- 

 tiful when in flower that they certainly deserve the names. 

 Snowdrop and Silver I'.ell, which ajulv describe them 

 when displaying their white bell-shajjed blooms. 



Halesia tetraptera grows wild in Virginia and is the 

 most commonly seen Halesia. This species is hardy as 

 far north as New York, and in Connecticut along the sea 

 coast. Grown as a tree, it reaches in time a height of 

 twenty to thirty feet, and a few trees in old gardens have 

 reached a height of forty feet. 



.\nother sjiecies, H. diptera, a native of the ("arolinas 

 and southward, thrives as far north as rhiladel])hia. 

 blooming about two weeks later than H tetra(>tera, which 



makes it desirable to jilant with the latter species where 

 the cliniaie permits, as the two atfurd a succession of 

 lieaiuifnl dowers in Spring. 



Halesia Mcehani, perhaps hybrid, is very distinct from 

 11. tetraj>tera and diptera, both in its habit of growth, 

 which is more bushy and less rampant, and its smaller 

 and more clustered leaves and smaller tlowers. This, as 

 well as the other mentioned species of Halesia, has the 

 gratifying haliit of beginning to flower when only a few 

 feet high, and of growing into a small tree, if it is so 

 desired, when confined to a single stem. 



There is a truly beautiful little tree from Japan, in- 

 troduced into catalogs as Pterostyrax hispidum, which 

 botanists say is a Halesia. though its flowers look very 

 dift'erent. They appear in Wisteria-like racemes and 

 show well in late May amid large leaves. As this tree 

 has a si)reading habit of growth, it makes a fine shade 



tree. ' 



FIVE-TEN TENNIS FOR THE SMALL LAWN 



■yilE new game of iMve-Ten which has recently 

 •■'■ conic out is an excellent substitute for lawn tennis 

 where the garden is not sufficiently large for a full- 

 sized court. It is excellent practice for tennis, and can 

 be ))layed and enjoyed by one player — and the space re- 

 quired varies from one-half to one-sixth of the area of a 

 tennis court, which means that it can — if required — be 

 plaved even in a large room. 



(Coiirfcsy of Ganlniins Illustrated) 

 Fivc-Tcn fninis Court on Siiuill l.ci;cn 



The apparatus is inexpensive, and consists of a frame, 

 the upjier i)art of which is wood and the lower netting — 

 the height of a tennis net. In the centre of the frame, 

 above the netting, is a gap, three feet above the ground, 

 with a ])ocket to receive the ball. The mininnun size of the 

 court is seven yards by three and one-half yards, and the 

 ma.ximum twelve yards by seven yards. The service is 

 |)layed from the base line, and the object is to serve the 

 l)all into the ])ocket. If successfid this scores a ix)int ; if 

 missed and the ball rebounds from the board it acts the 

 same as in tennis, and is received by the o]>p<inent, and is 

 followed uj) by each player alternately until it is placed 

 into the pocket, hits the net, or goes out of bounds. In 

 the first ca.se it counts a ]ioint \n the striker, and in the 

 two latter against the striker. 



It is an excellent game and recpiircs skill and .•iccur.-icy, 

 and affords si)lcndirl ])ractice for stroke plav for tennis — 

 both for b;ick and fore hand — and inii>roves the eye. 



Those peo])le who are looking out for a rcallv good 

 garden game should see l'"ivc-Ten ])layed, and 1 think they 

 will (-(imc to the conclusion that they have found the thing 

 they want. — (iardciiiiii; Illustriitcd. 



