160 EVERGREENS. 



LAURUS. Pliny. 

 (Laurel or, Bay Tree.) 



LAUEUS CAROLINENSIS. Catesly. 

 (Carolina Laurel, or Eed Bay.) 



Less hardy than L. nobilis, and can only be success- 

 fully cultivated in the most favourable situations, or 

 as a wall plant. It has fine foliage, the leaves being 

 six inches long. 



LAURUS NOBILIS. Linnceus. 

 (Noble Laurel, or Sweet Bay.) 



Scarcely any garden is, and none should be, without 

 some examples of this fine evergreen. As a single 

 plant, or associated with others, it is highly attractive. 

 It also makes excellent garden hedges, and is one of 

 the best plants for training as a standard. In this 

 latter respect it is scarcely inferior to the Portugal 

 Laurel. The natural habit of this plant is to form a 

 conical shrub, branched to the ground. Not very 

 hardy, as in severe winters it suffers even in the south 

 of England. 



LAURUS REGALIS. 

 (Californian or Royal Sweet Bay.) 



Indigenous to the hill districts of California, and 

 very hardy in this country. It is perfectly distinct 

 from the Common Bay, the leaves being three or four 

 inches long, often more, by about three-quarters of an 



