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green, and also Garrya elliptica and the species of Griselinia, as 

 well as Nyssa sylvatica. And then, besides these, there are several 

 species of Cornus, some of winch, in their coloured twigs, are 

 extremely effective in winter, and about the time of leaf-fall the 

 leaves show very conspicuous change of colour. 



Caprifoliace;e. — Of this family we have the various forms of 

 Sambucus, both fine foliage and fruit plants ; also the different 

 species of Viburnum. There are many viburnums which are not 

 much grown, but which are beautiful shrubs and quite hardy. 

 Perhaps the best are Viburnum cotinifolium, Lantana, Opulus, 

 Tinus, and tomentosutn. Symphoricarpus is pretty in fruit, and is 

 very common. Then we have the several loniceras as woody 

 climbers — far more deserving of cultivation than their scarceness 

 indicates — Lonicera fragrantissima, Standishii, Periclymenum, 

 tartarica, and so forth. Leycesteria formosa is a charmiog hardy 

 shrub, very striking in the flower, and not much grown. In addi- 

 tion, there are the different forms of Diervilla; many of the new 

 varieties of the nurserymen are brilliant in colour. 



Composite. — Here we have the olearias, which have not only 

 the advantage of being evergreen, but have also very bright and 

 conspicuous flowers. Baccharis patagonica is a good and hardy 

 shrub, with glistening leaves. Cassinia fulvida is a splendid 

 hardy resistant evergreen; and of smaller forms the New Zealand 

 senecios, Senecio laxifolius, for example, are very pretty. 



VacciniacEjE. — Gaylussacia. The species of this genus are 

 amongst the most beautiful foliage shrubs in autumn. We have 

 only tried them for a year or two outside, and they have not had 

 a good chance, but seem to me to be quite hardy. Some of the 

 vacciniums are useful small shrubs, but the majority of them are 

 better in a border. 



Ericaceae. — Arbutus Unedo is far hardier than many people 

 suppose. Pernettya mucronata has a great number of garden 

 forms, and is valuable not only for its perennial foliage, but also 

 for its beautiful fruit. Then there is Gaultheria Shallon, which 

 neither cold nor drought seems to kill. Oxydendron arboreum is 

 also a fine shrub, whose flowers, however, come out too late to 

 get much of a chance. The genus Pieris has several hardy species 

 with evei-green foliage — Pieris floribunda, for example. One of 

 the most beautiful of the genera in this family is Enkianthus, 

 which is quite hardy. 



The different kinds of heaths are perhaps too small to be in- 



