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planted in any other way, and if allowed to remain to complete 

 their growth they would materially inconvenience the summer 

 arrangement. 



Many of the evergi'eens would also exhibit beauties other than 

 those arising from their foliage, as the berries of Mahonia 

 aquifolium, many of the Hollies, the Gaultherias, Cotoneasters, 

 &c., &c. ; and some would afford flowers, as Andromeda flori- 

 bunda, the Daphnes, Garrya elliptica, Laurustinus, and Ligustrum 

 japonicum. 



Among the berry-bearing plants none would be more conspi- 

 cuous than Skimmia japonica, its rich dark-green foliage 

 forming as it were a back-ground upon which to set off the 

 bunches of coral berries which are borne upon the summit of the 

 branches. We anticipate for this plant, when its real merits are 

 fully known, a place second to no other hardy evergreen known. 



But so many and so various are the interesting plants that 

 present themselves as candidates for such a garden as we are 

 now advocating, that, setting aside mere gaudiness, we hardly 

 know whether the winter aspect of our parterres could not be 

 rendered more really interesting by their aid than by a combination 

 of the richest " bedding " plants in summer. 



At present we shall content ourselves with giving a short list of 

 some of the more desirable plants for the purpose, hoping to 

 return to the subject on a future occasion. 



Andromeda floribunda 

 Azalea amcena 

 Aucuba japonica 

 Berberis fascicularis 



„ Darwinii 

 Buxus balearica 



,, gold striped 



„ silver striped 

 Cotoneaster microphylla 

 Daphne Froniana 



„ delahayana 



„ Cneorum 



„ hybrida 

 Epigsea repens 



Ericas, all the hardy dwarf sorts 

 Euonymus japonicus 



„ „ gold striped 



„ „ silver striped 



Ganya elliptica 



Ilex of many kinds, green and 

 variegated 



Ivies of sorts from dwarf beds 

 Juniperus squamata 



,, tamaricifolia 

 Kalmia angustifolia 

 „ myrtifolia 

 „ latifolia 

 Laurestine, common 



,, shining leaved 



Ligustrum japonicum 

 Ledum buxifolium 

 Phillyreas of sorts 

 Vaccinium ovatum 



„ buxifolium 



Polygala Chamjebuxus 

 Rhododendron ciliatum 

 „ glaucum 



„ Wilsoni 



,, feiTugineum 



,, hirsutum 



Skimmia japouica 



