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EL^EAGNUS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



ELYMUS. 



three, and any of them, as well as the 

 types, are thoroughly well worthy of a 

 place in the garden or pleasure-ground. 

 They are all natives of Japan, &c., but 

 do not appear to be quite as hardy as the 

 species previously mentioned ; all could 

 be tried, however, with every prospect of 

 success in the southern counties. Some 

 of them in the south of Europe assume 

 a somewhat climbing habit, and round 

 the North Italian lakes, for example, 



the upper surface ; in a young state earlier 

 in the season they are silvery-gray, and 

 silvery-white beneath. The creamy-white 

 flowers are produced in the greatest pro- 

 fusion in June. In some localities the 

 plant is practically evergreen ; in the 

 neighbourhood of London, however, it 

 is at any rate during such winters as 

 the two last to all intents and purposes 

 deciduous. It is probably perfectly hardy 

 throughout Britain, as it withstands the 



Lyme Grass (Klyrnus arenarius). 



grow up to the tops ot high Fir and 

 Pine trees. 



E. Simpni, said to be a native of China, 

 seems quite hardy, but is the least orna- 

 mental of those which have been men- 

 tioned in these notes. A variegated form 

 of this, with leaves margined with dark 

 green and with the centres constantly varie- 

 gated with golden-yellow and yellowish- 

 green, originated in the Belgian nurseries 

 a few years ago ; it is highly spoken of in 

 some of the Belgian periodicals. 



E. umbellata is a beautiful bush. The 

 leaves are deep green and glabrous on 



much severer winters of Northern Ger- 

 many without protection. In a wild 

 state it occurs from the Himalayas to 

 China and Japan. Elaeagnus parvifolia 

 is a name under which this species occurs 

 in some gardens. G. N. 



ELYMUS (Lyme Grass}. E. aretuuiits 

 is a wild British Grass, vigorous and dis- 

 tinct, which if planted in deep soil near 

 the margin of a shrubbery, or on a bank 

 on the Grass, makes an effective plant, 

 growing 4 ft. high, and as we should culti- 

 vate it for the leaves, there would be no loss 

 if the flowers were removed. It is frequent 



