surprising that it is so rarely seen, especially as it is easily Winter, 

 propagated from cuttings. Specimen 



Spiraa ariafolia and the old-fashioned S. Lindleyana, the Plants 

 largest grower of its varied tribe, are both conspicuous in Winter, 

 the former for its graceful dead flower-heads, and the latter for 

 its stems. 



Garrya elliptica, a dioecious plant, rather tender when not 

 on a wall, is of value for its evergreen Ilex-like foliage, and still 

 more, as far as the male is concerned, for its fine grey catkins, 

 lasting from November to February. No one but a botanist 

 would imagine that three plants, superficially so distinct as the 

 Garrya, the Aucuba, and the Cornus all belong to the same 

 order. 



Ligustrum coriaceum, a curious evergreen, quite hardy, but 

 a slow grower, has rich dark green convoluted leaves in such 

 profusion that no wood is seen ; they almost suggest a sea-shell 

 in their form. 



Syringa Josikaa is an old Lilac which came from Hungary 

 in 1835 and for some reason has gone out of fashion here. It 

 is quite unlike the ordinary Persian type; it most nearly 

 resembles S. Emodl of any which I know, but the foliage is 

 larger, darker, and more striking, the stout, stiff, scarlet-coloured 

 twigs with dark purple leaf-buds make it very noticeable in 

 Winter. It grows to be a very large shrub. We have one 20 

 feet high in our London garden with the stem as thick as a 

 man's thigh. 



El&agnus parvtfolia is worth growing for the clear silvery- 

 grey wood. It is deciduous, and hardier than its evergreen con- 

 geners. E. argentea, another deciduous form, has the same merits 

 as the preceding in Winter, and the silver undersides of the leaves 



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