CHAPTER XXIII 



TREES AND SHRUBS IN SCOTLAND 



THE following list has been kindly sent me by a 

 great lover of trees and shrubs who lives at Forres. 

 My correspondent writes : " I have grown all the 

 plants in my list in my own garden, except Buddleia 

 globosa and Aralia chinensis, but the latter is grown 

 in quantity by several of my neighbours, and there 

 are also several fine plants of the Buddleia in 

 many gardens in sheltered spots. My experience is 

 that many plants are quite frost-proof but cannot 

 stand cold winds. This applies more especially to 

 the shrubby Veronicas. I have seen them in the 

 Edinburgh Botanic Gardens as if scorched with fire 

 on the exposed side, while they were untouched 

 where sheltered from the north and east. My own 

 garden is fairly well sheltered." 



Amelanchier canadensis. Hardy, free - flowering, 

 beautiful at all times. 



Aralia chinensis (Dimorphanthus) mandschurica. 

 Useful in some positions for its curious habit of 

 growth and rather handsome foliage ; quite hardy. 



Aristolochia Sipho. This has curious and incon- 

 spicuous flowers, which give this climbing plant its 

 popular name of " Dutchman's Pipe." It can be 

 grown on a wall, in which position, perhaps, its fine 



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