LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



COLOURED PI-ATES 



USEFUL INSECTS 



JAPANESE ROSE (Rosa rugosa) . 



DOUBLE-FLOWERED JAPANESE APPLE or 

 japonica, v. flore pleno) 



LILAC (Syringa vulgaris) . . • • 



DWARF SALLOW (Salix repens) . 



ASPEN (Populus tremula) .... 



BUTCHER'S BROOM (Ruscus aculeatus) . 



YEW (Taxus baccata) .... 



QUINCE (Cydonia 



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BLACK AND WHITE PLATES 



PLATE 



XIX. DOG ROSE (Rosa canina) 



XX. SWEET BRIAR (Rosa rubigincsa) 



XXI. WHITE BEAM (Pyrus Aria) 



XXII. ROWAN TREE or MOUNTAIN ASH (Pyrus Aucuparia) 



XXIII. MEDLAR (Pyrus germanica) 



XXIV. HAWTHORN (Crataegus Oxyacautha) .... 

 XXV. SMALL-LEAVED COTONEASTER (Cotoneaster microphylla) 



XXVI. MOCK ORANGE (SYRINGA) (Philadelphus coronarius) 

 XXVII. FLOWERING CURRANT (Ribes sanguineum) 



XXVIII. IVY (Hedera Helix) 



XXIX. DOGWOOD (Cornus sanguinea) 

 XXX. VARIEGATED LAUREL (Aucuba japonica) 

 XXXI. ELDER (Sambucus nigra) .... 

 XXXII. WAYFARING TREE (Viburnum Lantana) . 

 XXXIII. GUELDER ROSE (Viburnum Opulus) . 

 XXXIV. SNOWBALL TREE (Viburnum Opulus, var. sterile 

 XXXV. LAURUSTINUS (Viburnum Tinus) 



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