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with round brilliant orange-shaded fruits, is very striking. It is 

 quite a success in sandy soil, and its berries remain bright for a long 

 time. It is also an attractive foliage shrub, as its silvery-grey leaves 

 are quite distinct. It must not be forgotten that one male plant should 

 be planted to every group of six female ones, otherwise no fruit will be 

 produced. Complaints are frequent of the Sea Buckthorn not fruiting, 

 and this failure may generally be attributed to the absence of the male 

 form. 



Holbcellia latifolia, formerly known as Stauntonia latifolia, is a 

 vigorous Himalayan evergreen climber, growing upwards of a dozen 

 feet in height, and bears clusters of delightfully fragrant purplish 

 flowers. Protection from biting winds is necessary, and rough turfy 

 loam forms a good soil for planting it in. In spring and early summer 

 it is much benefited by copious supplies of water, for which reason 

 ample drainage should be provided. 



Hydrangeas form a group of hardy shrubs of considerable import- 

 ance, not only in the outdoor garden but under glass. One of the most 

 useful is H. Hortensia, known also as H. japonica, and is the most 

 frequently planted kind; it flourishes amazingly near the sea line, and 

 it is quite hardy in a sheltered nook inland. We need hardly describe 

 a shrub so leafy and showy when in flower. Of the many garden forms 

 of this Chinese shrub the following are particularly meritorious : 

 Thomas Hogg produces great heads of white flowers, and Lindleyi, 

 better known perhaps as Japonica roseo-alba, also deserves mention, 

 and stellata, with its bright pink flowers touched with rose, is too 

 valuable to pass by unnoticed. Iron in the soil turns the flowers to 

 that deep, beautiful blue, so conspicuous in the autumn landscape, 

 and as many amateurs like to turn their Hydrangeas blue, this prepara- 

 tion may be recommended. H. paniculata grandiflora is unquestionably 

 the best of the autumn-blooming kinds, and worthy of a place in the 

 small garden. It is a noble shrub for massing, and if planted in deep, 

 fertile soil and the young shoots cut back close to the old wood before 

 growth commences in spring a superb display may be expected in 

 autumn. The thin sickly shoots should be removed altogether, and if a 

 top dressing of manure can be given in summer additional strength will 

 be given to the plants. The flowers are white and borne in dense 

 panicles about a foot long and remain attractive for about two months, 

 eventually dying off a reddish-brown colour. //. radiata (H. nivea) is 

 an ornamental-leaved American species, with bright green leaves, the 

 under sides being covered with white tomentum. It is grown more for 

 its attractive leaves than for its flowers. 



Hypericum (St. John's Wort). Some of these are old garden 

 favourites, well adapted for a variety of purposes, and succeed in 

 ordinary soil. Those here mentioned comprise a few (by no means 

 all) of the best for general planting. H. hookerianum, known also as 

 H. oblongifolium, is the most attractive of the vigorous growing evergreen 

 species, and towards the close of summer bears large, substantial, beauti- 

 fully-shaped, deep yellow blossoms about the size of a crown piece. It 

 is a Himalayan species of erect habit and excellent for grouping. 



