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P. GORDONIANUS and P. GRANDIFLORUS 

 should also find places in town garden- 

 ing. 



THE BEARBERRY (Arctostaphylos Uva- 

 ursi). Judging from a specimen which has 

 been growing for many years in the gardens 

 of the Royal Botanic Society of London, in 

 Regent's Park, where the atmosphere is by 

 no means free from soot and smoke, and 

 where fogs are particularly bad, this native 

 of high-lying districts would appear to be 

 suitable for planting in towns. There it has 

 become quite established and formed a 

 spreading mass about 2 ft. through, the 

 obovate, dark green leaves being as fresh 

 and healthy as one finds them on Scottish 

 hillsides. Being of low procumbent growth, 

 it is, however, best suited for the rock garden 

 or for planting in the front row of a 

 shrubbery. 



RHODODENDRON PONTICUM is largely used 

 for planting in the more smoky parts of such 

 manufacturing towns as Manchester, Liver- 

 pool, and Warrington. In London it does 



