LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xiii 



TALL EVERGREEN SHRUBS IN FLOWER BORDER . To face page 258 



SPIRAEA CANESCENS ,, 294 



CLEMATIS MONTANA OVER ROUGH WALL . . ,, 300 



CLEMATIS MONTANA OVER ARCHWAY . . , . ,, ,, 301 



CAMELLIA LEAF AND FRUIT (Outdoors) ... ,, 316 



DUTCH HONEYSUCKLE ON WALL ,, ,,317 



POLYGONUM BALDSCHUANICUM OVER FlR . . ,, 318 



PRUNUS TRILOBA ON SUNNY WALL .... ,, 319 



OLD WISTARIA AT HAMPTON COURT . . , . ,, ,, 322 



WISTARIA RACEMES . . . . . . . ,, ,, 323 



GREAT BEECH HEDGE 330 



HEDGE OF MAIDENS' BLUSH ROSE , ,, 331 



NUT WALK , 334 



OLD APPLE WALK 335 



OLD MULBERRY TREE, SYON ,, ,, 338 



OLD MEDLAR TREE ,, 339 



ROSA MULTIFLORA i 34 



HYBRID ROSE UNA ,, ,, 349 



STAKING TREES , ,, 354 



HORSE CHESTNUT ,, ,, 358 



CATALPA OR INDIAN BEAN TREE (C. bignonioides) . ,, ,, 366 



ClSTUS VILLOSUS ,, 3?O 



CYTISUS CAPITATUS M 373 



MOONLIGHT BROOM ( Cytisus scoparius, var. pallidus} . ,, 376 



A HYBRID BROOM (Cylisus kewensis] . . . . , >, 377 



GARLAND FLOWER (Daphne Cneorum). , . . ,, u 382 



ERINACEA PUNGENS 383 



MAY-FLOWER (Epigaa repens} 384 



ESCALLONIA PHILIPPIANA >> > 385 



SPANISH FURZE (Genista (Ulex) hispanica) . . . ,, ,, 388 



SPANISH FURZE ON ROUGH SLOPE .... ,, ,, 389 



GENISTA MONOSPERMA 390 



SHOOT OF SNOWDROP TREE (Halesia tetraptera) . . 392 



HYDRANGEAS . . ,, ,, 393 



HYDRANGEA TETIOLARIS . , . . . . ,, ,, 394 



KALMIA LATIFOLIA > , 395 



YULAN (Magnolia compicua} ...... ,, 402 



YULAN AS A WALL SHRUB . , . . . . , f> 403 



