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Box Leaved. 



Hedgehog- Leaved. 



Strified Hedgehog Leaved. 



Silver Striked. 



Gold Strijied. 



Gold Blotched, &c. &c. 



All these are very interesting on account of their peculiar 

 foliage ; the variegated ones are considered less hardy than 

 the others, and in this latitude need protection in severe 

 winters. 



Ilex firinoides, or Deciduous. This has smaller leaves 

 than the preceding, they being about as large as those of the 

 Common Privet. Its berries are red, and it never attains to 

 more than a small shrub of about three feet in height. Its 

 being deciduous, forms a striking peculiarity when con- 

 trasted with its congeners, and some authors have recently 

 transferred it to another genus. In addition to those de- 

 scribed, there is the Ilex cassine, or Cassine Tree, of the 

 southern states, with its fine myrtle-like foliage, and the Ilex 

 vomitoria, or Yapan Tree, of Carolina ; but as neither of 

 these will support the winters here without protection, they 

 consequently cannot be considered as hardy shrubs. 



Jasmine. The hardy species of the Jasmine may be pro- 

 perly divided into the Upright and the Trailing. I shall 

 first proceed to describe those of the former character. 



Jasminum fruticans, or Large Leaved Yellow. This is of 

 very strong growth, and rises to the height of from five to 

 six feet ; the leaves are trifoliate, and broader than most 

 other hardy species : they are placed alternately, are thick, 

 smooth, and of a fine green colour, and in warm localities, a 

 portion of them will remain on during the winter, but in this 

 latitude the winters are generally too severe ; the flowers are 

 yellow, they are produced in June or July, and succeeded by 

 dark blue berries, which has caused it to be called by some 

 the Berry-bearing Jasmine. 



Jasminum humile, or Italian Small Leaved. This is 

 easily distinguished from the foregoing by its more slender 

 bhoots, and its very small leaves ; the bark of the younger 

 shoots is green even in winter, and its foliage is in part re- 

 tained during the same period, which renders it a sub-ever- 

 green. It generayy attains ta the height of from three to 

 four feet, and its yellow flowers are produced in July. It is 

 esteemed for being one- of the most hardy species, and its 



