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attractive. Cotoneaster Simonsii and frigida form big 

 bushes, while horizontalis and microphylla are two 

 beautiful low-growing shrubs ; all have berries of some 

 shade of red. Among the various Thorns or Crataegus, 

 perhaps the best known is Pyracantha, commonly called the 

 Firethorn. This shrub is a familiar sight on house walls, 

 where, in winter, its red fruits make a brilliant display. 

 The fruits of the variety Lelandi are even brighter in 

 colour. It seems to be necessary to plant this Crataegus 

 against a sunny wall to ensure a full crop of fruits ; one 

 rarely finds it successful in the shade, for there the 

 flowers fail to " set " satisfactorily. The Cockspur Thorn 

 (Crataegus crus-galli) bears handsome, dark-red fruits, 

 while those of Crataegus mollis are also showy. Then 

 there is the yellow-fruited Thorn, so rarely grown in 

 gardens ; its botanical name is oxyacanthoides f ructu- 

 luteo. Finally worth inclusion is Crataegus coccinea, 

 having large, bright red fruits. Among the Barberries, 

 special reference should be made to Berberis vulgaris, 

 with scarlet fruits. 



The Sea Buckthorn. The Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae' 

 rhamnoides) is an especially attractive shrub or small 

 tree, clothed with grey leaves, and at this time of the 

 year bearing a profusion of orange-coloured berries. One 

 has to bear in mind that the flowers of this shrub are 

 unisexual, thus it is necessary to place near one another 

 plants bearing each kind of blossom. The Pernettyas are 

 delightful low-growing shrubs that bear pretty, variously 

 coloured berries very freely. There are numerous varie- 

 ties having fruits of different shades of colour, ranging 

 from white through pink to rose and red. The two 

 Gaultherias, procumbens and Shallon, are most useful 

 shrubs, for they are quite happy under the shade of large 

 trees. They are evergreen ; the former, a creeping shrub, 

 has red berries ; the latter, growing some 2 or 3 feet high, 

 bears purple fruits. All the shrubs named in this note are 

 of quite easy cultivation in ordinary loamy soil. The 

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