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or even approaches in value the Common Ivy and its 

 varieties for the special purposes for which they are 

 adapted. The best that are available are the Jasmine, 

 Ercilla volubilis (Bridgesia spicatd), Smilax, Qematis 

 calycina, and tenderer things like Lardizabala and 

 Passiflora ccerulea. 



Evergreens as a whole are much neglected in 

 ordinary gardens. Instead of drawing upon the 

 great wealth of shrubs available, so many go on 

 using the same old things over and over again, 

 generally Aucuba, Portugal and Cherry Laurels, 

 Rhododendron ponticum, and such like. 



THE HOLLY is one of the most beautiful of all 

 evergreen shrubs, and many varieties are not known, 

 Ilex Wilsoniy for example, and Laurifolia nova (Camellice- 

 folia) which is very distinct from the former. The 

 best of the Hollies, Hodginsn (syn.Shepherdn),Marnockn, 

 Hendersoniiy platyphylla, fructu-luteo (yellow -berried), 

 Handsworthensis, Laurifolia, Maderensis atrovirens y which 

 are all green-leaved varieties. Of variegated varieties, 

 very beautiful are Golden Queen and Silver Queen, 

 Handsworth Silver, Argentea marginata, and Mme. 

 Briot. Watereriana (Waterer's dwarf golden) makes 

 an excellent little bush, with smooth leaves blotched 

 and edged with yellow. 



THE BEST EVERGREENS. The following is a 

 representative list of the hardier species of evergreens 

 which are considered most deserving of attention, 

 and I have roughly grouped them according to their 

 size. Conifers are not included. There is, of course, 

 considerable difference in the sizes to which ever- 



