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japonica is well suited for the town garden, 

 although its appearance during Winter, when 

 subjected to excessive smoke and soot, is 

 shabby in the extreme, owing to the leaves 

 falling off. In Spring, however, it soon re- 

 vives. Other species that have done fairly 

 well in some of our town parks are Arun- 

 dinaria Simoni, A. fortanei variegata, Phyl- 

 lostachys nigra, the most striking of all, with 

 dark stems, and plumes of bright green 

 foliage, and Bambusa pygmaea, the hardiest 

 and most accommodating of any. Good rich 

 loam, with plenty of thoroughly decayed 

 manure and deeply trenched ground, are 

 necessities for the successful cultivation of 

 all the Bamboos. 



In the gardens of the Royal Botanical 

 Society of London, Regent's Park, which are 

 by no means free from fog or smoke, the fol- 

 lowing out of a large number of shrubs that 

 have been tried, succeed best: Skimmia ob- 

 lata and S. japonica, Ruscus aculeatus, Cornus 

 Mas, Rubus deliciosus, Gum cistus, Hyperi- 

 cum perforatum, Euonymus, Box, Mahonia 



