88 LAWN AND SHADE TREES. 



soil seems best to suit the wants of the box tree, and a partial 

 shade from southern suns is requisite to enable it to retain its 

 foliage. 



EVERGREEN THORN ^ Pyracantha. The fiery or evergreen 

 thorn cratcegus pyracantha is an evergreen shrub, at present 

 only to be found occasionally in some amateur's grounds, but 

 highly deserving a place everywhere that ornament or beauty 

 is sought to be created. 



As a single plant, it has rare attractive features in its clusters 



FIG. 45. EVERGREEN THORN. 



of white flowers, blooming in the month of May, followed by 

 round brilliant scarlet berries, that often remain on a great part 

 of winter, and from whence its name of fiery thorn. In forming 

 low-growing hedges, it is one of the very best plants, as it is 

 perfectly hardy, and bears the shears as well as other thorns. 

 Oar engraving shows a plant with a few clusters of flowers. 

 Any good rich garden soil will answer to grow it. 



COTONEASTER. The cotoneaster is a family of plants that for 



