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pleasing when grown against walls five or six feet high as 

 they are tall enough to cover these. Escallonias require a 

 moderately light and well-drained soil and can be readily 

 propagated by means of cuttings of the young wood, 

 which should be taken in August and inserted in a bed 

 of sandy soil made up within an unheated frame, or 

 they may be inserted in boxes filled with soil of the 

 same description. 



There are a considerable number of species and 

 varieties, and those of special excellence include Escallonia 

 exoniensis, deep rose ; E. Langleyensis, carmine rose ; 

 E. macrantha, rose ; E. m. sanguined, deep red ; and 

 E. rubra, deep rose. 



ENONYMUS. The Japanese enonymus and its varie- 

 gated varieties are neat-growing shrubs that under 

 ordinary conditions attain a height of three or four feet j 

 in the southern and western counties, they grow con- 

 siderably taller. Although usually regarded as quite 

 hardy they suffer much from frosts in severe winters, 

 and in cold districts the variegated varieties are some- 

 times killed. Their proper position is the front row 

 of the shrubbery, but they should be planted rather 

 sparingly. Propagation can be readily effected by means 

 of cuttings. Near the sea where they are not liable to 

 injury from frost they make capital hedges. 



Enonymus japonicus aureo-marginatus and E. j. aureo- 

 variegatus are two fine golden forms and E. j. argenteo- 

 variegatus, and E. j. latifolius albo-variegatus , are attractive 

 varieties with silvery variegation. E. radicans variegatus 

 is a hardy form of prostrate growth, and most useful for 

 marginal bands to beds and borders where a silvery-leaved 

 plant would be appropriate. 



GARRYA. Although not generally met with in gar- 

 dens, Garrya elliptica has sufficient merit to justify its 

 inclusion in gardens of even limited dimensions. It 

 requires a warm, sunny position against a wall, where 



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