APPENDIX B 



THE following is a list, far from exhaustive, of shrubs, other 

 than rhododendrons, reputed more or less tender in the London 

 and Midland districts, which have proved quite hardy in many 

 parts of Scotland, especially in the West. Discretion should be 

 exercised in the time and mode of planting. It is not advisable 

 to plant such things in the open between the end of August 

 and the beginning of May. Protection should be given during 

 the first winter by a circle of wire netting loosely filled with 

 dry bracken. Eough wind is far more to be dreaded than 

 cold. Those species of which I have not personal experience 

 are marked t. 



