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bare places, mounds, or banks; rotundifolia is a 

 splendid variety with larger foliage, but not so hardy. 

 The ground in which these Laurels are to be planted 

 should be trenched or bastard trenched, and small 

 plants be planted 3 feet apart all ways. To keep 

 them in condition, prune hard down during the grow- 

 ing season twice, if not three times, when they will 

 remain in good health for many years. Prunus lusi- 

 tanica (Portugal Laurel) is happy in heavy soils, and 

 its beautiful dark-green leaves are very telling. This 

 should also be planted in trenched ground at a 

 distance of 5 feet apart, and pruned once only 

 during the year. So treated, splendid beds are 

 formed when suitable positions are chosen. 



COTONEASTER BUXIFOLIA Or WHEELERI, is a fine 



strong-growing evergreen for almost any soil. It 

 is well adapted for making beds, covering large 

 boulders or the old roots of trees, and for cover- 

 ing ugly iron fencing. C. buxifolia is a graceful 

 and pleasing plant when covered with its bright 

 berries, and allowed to assume its natural habit. 

 Plant 3 feet apart, merely thinning out the growths 

 occasionally. 



COTONEASTER MICROPHYLLA. A very charming 

 shrub, and when planted on a raised position, or 

 on overhanging rocks, tree roots, and such like, forms 

 beautiful masses, especially when thickly studded 

 with its crimson berries. It sometimes becomes 

 badly infested with brown scale, but this is easily 

 got rid of by applying a strong solution of soft soap 

 and water with a syringe. 



