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TREES AND SHRUBS 



greens attain, according to the climate in which they 

 are growing. The grouping here is merely intended 

 to give an approximate idea of their habit. Those 

 marked with an asterisk (*) are the more tender ones, 

 and although valuable in the southern and warmer 

 parts of the country, have not been grown in the 

 colder localities, or if so, against a wall. 



(i.) TREES 



Common Box and varieties, 

 especially Handsworthen- 

 sis, which is exceptionally 

 hardy. The variety pen- 

 dula is very handsome in 

 the shrubbery and Japonica 

 aurea is one of the finest 

 shrubs ever introduced for 

 giving colour to the garden 

 in winter. This plant should 

 be pruned in spring to get 

 the full rich colouring. 



Common Holly and varieties, 

 especially such superb 

 varieties as, of the large- 

 leaved varieties, VVilsoni, 

 Mundyi, Shepherdi, Camel- 

 liaefolia (syn. latifolia) nova, 

 Marnocki, Madeirensis, and 

 Hendersoni. The best 

 small - leaved sorts are 



Handsworthensis, tortuosa, 

 ovata, crenata, crenata lati- 

 folia and Doningtonensis. 

 Of variegated sorts choose 

 Golden Queen, Compacta 

 aurea, Marginata, Hands- 

 worth Silver, Argentea mar- 

 ginata and grandis. 



* Magnolia grandiflora. 



Quercus Ilex (Holm Oak), 

 laurifolia and Fordi. The 

 Fulham Oak, not quite 

 evergreen, but a beautiful 

 tree. 



Yews (Taxus), Dovastoni, 

 Dovastoni variegata, hiber- 

 nica, hibernica aurea varie- 

 gata, grandis, ericoides, 

 cuspidata, elegantissima, 

 laevigata, adpressa, and ad- 

 pressa aurea variegata. 



(ii) TALL SHRUBS (say 8 feet or more high) 

 Arbutus hybrida and varieties. [ Arbutus Andrachne, very fine. 



Menziesi. 

 Unedo. 



* Azara microphylla. 

 Camellia japonica varieties. 



