PLANTS SUITABLE FOR A WINTER GARDEN*. 



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seed is deposited ; the piece of water, too, should be fully exposed to 

 tlie sun throughout the day. 



PLANTS SUITABLE FOR A WINTER GARDEN. 



A correspondent in the Gardener s Chronicle writes, " Everybody 

 complains of the barren and uninteresting- appearance of the flower- 

 garden in winter and early spring, and that a collection of such 

 attractive plants as put on their gayest dresses at that season must be 

 to all lovers of gardens a thing to hope for, and to admire when 

 obtained." 



To effect tins, such plants must be grown in pots and be plunged in 

 the beds or borders when the summer and early autumn flowers are 

 over. The plants and shrubs to be removed in time for the summer 

 flowers, and to be re-potted, and otherwise attended to in a reserve 

 garden during the summer season. The following list comprises plants 

 which are considered most suitable for the purpose. The bulbous and 

 other dwarf herbaceous plants, of course, are to be placed near the 

 edges of the beds, &c. 



Dwarf Evergreens (Shrubby Plants). 



Variegated Ivies. 

 Polygala Chamrebuxus. 

 Erica carnea, 

 Pernettya mucronala. 

 Daphne hybrida. 

 ■=■ japonica. 



Gaultheria Shallon. 

 Epigaea repens. 

 Juniperus tamarisci folia. 



squaniata. 



Arbutus pilosa. 

 Siberica. 



Taller Evergreen Shrubby Plants, 



Which may be grown to suit various heights. 



Arbutus unedo. 

 Ilex (variegated). 



Andromeda floribunda. 

 Berberis fasciculata. 



■ aquifolium. 



Aucuba japonica. 

 Laurus nobilis. 

 Juniperus virginiana. 

 Thuja "VVarreana. 



aurea. 



Vaccinium ovatum. 

 Taxus baccata variegata. 

 Buxus vulgaris. 

 Gaultheria Shallon. 

 Cotoneaster microphylla. 

 Jasminum nudillorum, for its early 

 flowers. 



latifolia, &c. 

 Quercus ilex. 

 Ruscus aculeatus. 



ramosissimus. 



Rosmarinus officinalis fol. ar- 



genteis. 

 Ditto ditto aureus. 

 Rhododendron dauricum atro- 



virens. 

 Euonymus japonica. 



Daphne collina. 

 Gydonia japonica. 



variegata. 



