164 TREES AND SHRUBS 



slow growing. A. rubrum. A.pictum. A. opulifolium 

 obtusatum* A bright tree in early spring with its 

 golden-green foliage and flowers. A. saccharinum 

 (Sugar Maple). A. japonicum and varieties. 



ACTINIDIA KOLOMIKTA. Climber; grows quickly 

 on south wall. 



HORSE CHESTNUT (&sculus Hippocastanum) and 

 others : camea, Pavia, parviflora, flava. 



AILANTUS GLANDULOSA (Tree of Heaven). 



AMELANCHIER VULGARIS and A. canadensis.* 

 Very ornamental. Seldom seen, but as free-growing 

 and flowering as the Hawthorn. 



ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA.* Dwarf height, about 

 one foot. Very beautiful shrub for peat beds. 



ARBUTUS ANDRACHNE. Flowers in February and 

 March. 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS ALPINA. Plenty of this found 

 in north of Scotland, but somewhat difficult to 

 establish in gardens. A. Uva-ursi Freer in growth 

 than the preceding. Both species are low-creeping 

 shrubs suitable for planting with Heaths in peat. 



ARALIA SPINOSA * and A. chimmis. 



ARISTOLOCHIA SIPHO (Dutchman's Pipe). Large 

 effective climber. 



ARTEMISIA ABROTANUM, arborescens, and tridentata* 

 Useful shrubs of grey tone. 



AUCUBA JAPONICA and varieties/* 



AZARA MICROPHYLLA* and A. dentata. 



BERBERIS AQUIFOLIUM,* Darwinii, vu/garis, ne- 

 palensis. Single specimens of B. Aquifolium, the 

 Mahonia, become very ornamental with age. 



