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and wood anemones. Luckily for our lanes and 

 woodland walks, the rabbit cannot digest the com- 

 mon primrose; but almost all the exotic kinds, such 

 as auriculas, are destroyed at once, and even the 

 coloured varieties of cowslip and common primrose 

 are not invulnerable. 



Perhaps the results of a lifelong contest with rabbits 

 may not be without use to those who delight in 

 adorning their parks and grounds by planting out 

 and naturalising handsome shrubs and herbs. The 

 following list contains well-nigh all the ornamental 

 plants which may be relied on to defy the attacks of 

 rabbits ; though there are others, such as the American 

 partridge berry (Gaulteria shallori) and several species 

 of barberry, which, if protected when first planted out, 

 can take care of themselves afterwards : 



SHEUBS 



Azalea, . . . . 1 ,, -, - . 



Khododendrons, . . . ) al1 S P ecieS and VanetieS ' 

 Honeysuckle, . . . both the native species. 

 Fly-honeysuckle, . . Lonicera xylostevm. 

 Box. 



Butcher's Broom, , . Ruscus aculeatus. 

 Tree Pseonies, 



Lilac (all species), . . Syringa persica, etc. 

 Syringa (all species), . . Philadelphus coronarius, etc. 

 Snowberry, . . . Symphoricarpus racemosus. 

 Hardy Fuchsia, . . Fuchsia Eiccartoni. 

 Spurge Laurel, . . . Daphne laureola. 

 Mezereon, . , . . ,, mezerium. 

 St. John's Wort (all species), Hypericum calycinum, arietinum, 



etc. 



