S8 EVERSLEY GARDENS 



borne in mind in creating the perfect shrub- 

 bery, is so to plant it, that at all seasons of the 

 year it should be pleasant to the eye with 

 colour and variety of foliage. For in Winter 

 itself it is possible to get other colours than 

 uniform green among our shrubs ; while green, 

 again, need never be uniform if we select our 

 evergreens with care ; among Rhododendrons 

 alone the variety of tones in foliage is very 

 marked. And even before Mr. Vicary Gibbs 

 read his valuable paper on " Winter Planting " 

 before the Royal Horticultural Society, I had 

 discovered the value of the bare ruby stems of 

 Cornus Sanguinea in the Winter shrubbery. 

 Wild-briars in the hedge and Sweet-briars in 

 the garden, give us a shimmer of crimson- 

 scarlet hips till late in the winter. The bare 

 twigs of Primus Pissardii are delightful in 

 colour ; and the leafless Hawthorn hedge 

 warmly purple ; while the silver stems of a 

 Birch among the big Hollies beyond, are set in 

 their own mist of dull-crimson twigs. There 

 may be plenty of colour, rich, delicate, subtle, if 

 we will but think about it, in the Winter Garden. 



