126 EVERGREENS. 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS. A danson. 

 (Bearberry.) 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS ALPINA. Sprengel. 

 (Alpine Bearberry.) 



A pretty little trailing shrub, requiring peat earth 

 and an airy situation. An admirable rock plant. 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI. Sprengel. 



Inhabits heathy mountainous districts in this 

 country, as well as in many parts of the European 

 continent. It is a small trailing shrub, with leaves 

 like the common box, and succeeds well in peat 

 earth and a cool situation, as in the front of borders of 

 American plants. 



ATTCUBA Thunberg. 



AUCUBA JAPONIC A. Thunberg. 



(Japan Aucuba.) 



When first introduced to this country in 1783, 

 ifr was treated as a stove plant. It has, however, now 

 taken no mean rank among our best hardy evergreen 

 shrubs. In Japan, its native country, it bears a pro- 

 fusion of red berries in spring. The sexes are dioecious, 

 and only female plants are known to English gardens. 

 Its large mottled foliage renders it a handsome shrub, 

 and it succeeds better than most other evergreens in 

 squares and gardens in the vicinity of towns. 



