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are good undergrowths. The B. balearica is a fine, bright, large-leaved 



kind, and although rather tender, it may be placed in a group in such a 

 manner as to exhibit itself, and at the same time be protected by the hardier 

 kinds. The round-leaved box (Baxus rotundifolia) is a handsome bush, of 

 recent introduction, and is a very desirable kind. It may group with the 

 balearica and others. 



The Cotoneaster microphilla, C. uvaursii, C. buxifolia, and C. marginata, 

 are pretty, small-leaved, evergreen shrubs, of low habits. They produce 

 small white blossoms and coral-like berries, similar to the pyracantha. I 

 think G. microphilla the prettiest variety. They make very pleasing grass- 

 plants, trained over old trunks of trees from two to three feet high ; or they 

 may be planted in the midst of a group of three, four, or more moderate- 

 sized stones, in order to bear them up. They are also proper for wire vases, 

 or other wire trainers. They make handsome grass-plants, about three to four 

 feet high, grafted or budded on the cockspur, or seedlings of any of the fancy 

 varieties of thorns. If worked on stems too long, the stems require to be 

 concealed by other low-growing shrubs, such as the taller species of erica and 

 mahonias, &c. All these kinds, when not grafted, are particularly adapted to 

 destroy the edging line of shrub beds. 



The Red Virginian Cedar (Juiiiperus Virginiana) is a formal, close, spiral, 

 upright, evergreen shrub, or low ornamental tree, attaining to the height of 

 from twenty to thirty feet. Its fiamular form and dense pine-like foliage, 

 make it particularly neat, and well suited to vary the monotony of a 

 shrubbery. It will be useful also in forming a group on the lawn, associated 

 with the Swedish and Irish junipers, or with the arbor vitoe, if care be taken 

 to place the cedar most central. 



The "White Cedar (Cupressus tlujoidcs) forms a pleasing group when 

 associated with the red, and with another variety of the white species, the 

 foliage of which is variegated ; and also with the juniper. Both these kinds 

 are handsome plants. The Cupressus torulosa, or twisted cypress, is, I 

 believe, also a handsome tree, as are also C. lambertiana and funebris. The 

 latter is said to be very beautiful indeed. 



The Juniper, (Juiiiperus), both the Swedish and Irish, arc low flamular- 

 formed shrubs, of dense, small, spiny foliage, and very similar to the red 

 cedar, but of less growth. Of the two the Irish is the hardier, and grows 



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