x.] OZOTHAMNUS ROSMARINIFOLIUS in 



Then there is the Sumach, and the Berberis in all its 

 varieties, Fortunei being probably amongst the best. 

 There are also the Cotoneasters, which so readily lend 

 themselves to covering a low wall or an old stump, a mass 

 for weeks together of red and green ; and the noble spikes 

 of the Pampas Grass not to speak of the tinted bark of 

 the Golden and Crimson Willow (Salix Vitellind) after the 

 leaves have fallen ; and then there is the quaint little Cape 

 Gooseberry or Red Winter Cherry (Phy salts Alkekengi\ 

 a curious South European plant, bearing a bright orange- 

 red bladder-like calyx enclosing cherry-like fruits ; and the 

 Epimedium, and Tellima grandiflora rubra, a most desir- 

 able plant of the Saxifrage order, suited either for winter 

 decoration on the rock garden, or for being used as a 

 foil for plucked Christmas Roses. 



The Ozothamnus rosmarinifolius is a little evergreen 

 shrub from Tasmania, with small Rosemary-like leaves, 

 and bears towards the middle of summer clusters of 

 small white flowers, reminding one somewhat of the 

 Daisy Tree. When a branch has been cut and placed in 

 a dry vase in the drawing-room, it will retain its bloom 

 and beauty for months though quite dried. 



Those who have bare and ugly spaces in their stable- 

 yard, or court-yard, or byre, or anywhere, could hardly 

 do better than plant here and there some Rose, such as 

 Crimson Rambler which, by the way, prefers a tree to a 

 wall or else a Vine or Fig-tree. With very little trouble 

 at first, the protection of a piece of wire-netting and a 

 judicious nail or two, they would produce a striking effect, 



