LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi 



TALL EVERGREEN SHRUBS IN FLOWER BORDER . To face page 242 



SPIRAEA CANESCENS ,, ,, 280 



CLEMATIS MONTANA OVER ROUGH WALL . . ,, 286 



CLEMATIS MONTANA OVER ARCHWAY . . . . ,, ,, 287 



CAMELLIA LEAF AND FRUIT (Outdoors) . . . ,, ,, 300 



DUTCH HONEYSUCKLE ON WALL ,, 301 



POLYGONUM BALDSCHUANICUM OVER FlR . . . ,, ,, 3O2 



PRUNUS TRILOBA ON SUNNY WALI ,, ., 303 



OLD WISTARIA AT HAMPTON COURT . . . . *,- 36 



WISTARIA RACEMES ,, 307 



GREAT BEECH HEDGE ., ., 314 



HEDGE OF MAIDENS' BLUSH ROSE .... ,, ,, 315 



NUT WALK ,, ,, 318 



OLD APPLE WALK . . . . . . . ,, ,, 319 



OLD MULBERRY TREE, SYON ,. ,, 322 



OLD MEDLAR TREE ., ,, 323 



ROSA MULTIFLORA ,, ,, 332 



HYBRID ROSE UNA ....... ,, ,, 333 



STAKING TREES ,, ,, 338 



HORSE CHESTNUT ,, ,, 342 



CATALPA OR INDIAN BEAN TREE (C. bignomoidcs] . ,, ,, 350 



CISTUS VILLOSUS . . , ,, ,, 354 



CYTISUS CAPITATUS ,, ,, 357 



MOONLIGHT BROOM (Cytisus scoparius, var. pallidtis) . ,, ,, 358 



A HYBRID BROOM (Cytisus kewensis) . . . . ,, ,, 359 



GARLAND FLOWER (Daphne Cneorum) . . . . ,, 366 



ERINACEA PUNGENS ,, ,, 367 



MAY-FLOWER (Epigcea repens] ,, ,, 368 



ESCALLONIA PHILLIPPIANA ,, ,, 369 



SPANISH FURZE (Genista (Ulex) hispanica] . . . ,, ,, 372 



SPANISH FURZE ON ROUGH SLOPE .... ,, ,, 373 



GENISTA MONOSPERMA ,, ,, 374 



SHOOT OF SNOWDROP TREE (Ha/esia tetraptera} . . ,, 376 



HYDRANGEAS }j 377 



HYDRANGEA PETIOLARIS ,, ., 378 



KALMIA LATIFOLIA ? , 379 



YULAN ( Magnolia conspiuca) 386 



YULAN AS A WALL SHRUB !, > 387 



