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tyas, for they are of dense habit and cover themselves 

 after flowering with berries, differing in colour according 

 to the variety, and hanging through the winter. In 

 ordering a given number of plants it may be stated, if 

 desired, that varieties with berries of different colours 

 are wanted. The Pernettyas are peat-lovers, and like 

 moist soil. 



The Mock Oranges or Philadelphus are somewhat tall 

 growers, and are apt to be straggly and ungainly unless 

 carefully pruned ; but they can be kept in shape with 

 timely attention, and if the beauty of their large, ivory- 

 coloured flowers was not enough to recommend them to 

 growers their perfume would be. Of the species, coron- 

 arius and grandiflorus are the most common. There are 

 varieties of both. There are, for example, both silver 

 and golden variegated forms of coronarius, and a double. 

 There is a very free-flowering variety of grandiflorus 

 called floribundus. But the chief interest of the Mock 

 Oranges lies in the modern hybrids and their forms, such 

 as Lemoinei, L. erectus both dwarf growers and free 

 bloomers Avalanche, Boule d' Argent, and Fantaisie, 

 white, rose-tinted, sweet. The name Syringa is occasion- 

 ally, and erroneously, applied to the Philadelphus. 



The Phillyreas are good evergreens of dense habit and 

 somewhat low growth. Of the few species angustifolia, 

 with narrow leaves ; chrysophylla, scented ; decora (syn. 

 Vilmoriniana) ; and latifolia, broad leaved, are the best 

 known. 



Rhododendrons must be given pride of place as the 

 greatest of all evergreen shrubs, and whoever has a fair 

 amount of space and soil free from lime should plant 

 large beds with these glorious plants. They love peat 

 and bog earth, but they will thrive in loam lightened 

 with leaf mould and sand, When a compost is prepared 



