96 EVERSLEY GARDENS 



Rhododendrons ; Phillyrea medea^ which I not 

 only love for the sake of one now a big tree 

 in the Study garden at the Rectory, but 

 because its foliage recalls that joy unattainable 

 in England, the Olive ; Escallonia Macrantha ; 

 Berberis Jamesonii; Viburnum plicatum; Exo- 

 charda grandiflora ; three Penzance Sweet-briars ; 

 and a pink Weigela, which likes its position so 

 well that it is now a huge bush over seven feet 

 high, and after flowering gloriously in the 

 Spring, sometimes bears a number of flowers 

 through August and September. But a 

 Guelder Rose, with annual shoots of three to 

 five feet, has outstripped all the other shrubs, 

 even the standard scarlet Thorn in the centre, 

 and as I write is a pillar of brilliant crimson 

 foliage. These shrubs were all chosen for 

 hardy constitutions, rapid growth, and a suc- 

 cession of colour effects, which begin early, as 

 the grass below is thickly planted with Crocus 

 and Daffodils, and will I hope go on late when 

 I can add the pale mauve of the Colchicum. 



Why do we not grow more Magnolias in 

 our gardens ? True, they do not come among 



