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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



Devonshire and on the warm side of the Sussex Downs, even in good 

 condition. Of this fact we have an example in the Cork Oaks at 

 Goodwood, all that could be desired in health and beauty. This Oak 

 naturally inhabits the southern parts of Europe and the northern 

 parts of Africa, and it is interesting to see that it can attain the size 

 of a stately tree in our own country in some favoured places, but 

 the Evergreen Oak for our islands is the Ilex and its various 

 forms. 



Some Genera of Evergreen Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles. 1 



Abies 



Aralia 



Araucaria 



*Arbutus 



Arundinaria 



Aucuba 



Azara 



Bambusa 



*Benthamia 



Berberis 



Buxus 



Camellia 



Cedrus 



Chamcerops 



Choisya 



Magnolia 



Myrica 



Olearia 



Osmanthus 



Pernettya 



Phillyrea 



Phlomis 



Phyllostachys 



Pieris 



Pinus 



Quercus 



Kaphiolepis 



Retinospora 



Rhamnus 



Rhododendron 



Rosmarinus 



Ruscus 



Sequoia 



Skimmia 



Smilax 



Taxus 



Thuja 



Thujopsis 



Ulex 



Veronica 



Viburnum 



Vinca 



Yucca 



1 Some of those marked * are hardy only in seashore districts or warm soils, and in some genera named 

 few species are evergreen. 



Juniper showing natural growth. 



