seed-cases from which it takes its popular name, alike distinguish Winter, 

 it in Winter from all its surroundings. It requires protection Seaside 

 from ground game. Shrubs 



Corylus Avellana purpurea is certainly at its best when 

 the leaf is on, but, like all Hazels, it stands the knife so well, 

 and the darkness of the young wood is so conspicuous, that it 

 should not be overlooked when planting for Winter effect. The 

 plants will not require annual cutting-down, but only when 

 they begin to show too much wood. 



Lycium chinense. This will grow anywhere, including 

 London and the seaside, and has a good appearance in Winter 

 when planted above an embankment wall or parapet, so that 

 its very long, trailing branches can be seen to advantage. Its 

 violet flowers make up in number and continuance for lack of 

 size ; the fruit is scarlet. It is sometimes absurdly called Tea 

 tree, though it has no relation whatever to the Theas, Camellias, 

 &c. The name arose owing to the labels on a Thea sinensis 

 and a Lycium which had been imported by a Duke of Argyll 

 having been transposed in error. However, the dog having 

 once got a bad name, there is no stopping it any more than in 

 the case of the so-called Mountain Ash, which, of course, is no 

 Fr ax in us at all but one of the Rosaces. 



Tamarix japonic a is another of the few plants which enjoy 

 sea breezes but are happy away from them. The effect of 

 annual cutting-down on a large scale can be well seen at 

 Eastbourne ; when not so treated it is apt to look mangy and 

 ragged. The pink flower is most pleasing in September; the 

 young wood colours well, and the feathery foliage is so distinct 

 as to make it well worth growing inland for the purpose of 

 contrast with such types as Laurus nobilis or Arbutus Unedo. 



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