Round the Year in the Garden 



The Climbing Hydrangea (petiolaris) is a valuable 

 shrub. It will thrive on a wall facing east or north 

 and clings like Ivy, by means of aerial roots, though 

 the branches need a little support at first. The 

 bunches of white flowers, which open in summer, are 

 attractive. 



Seaside Gardens. If there is one possession more 

 than another of which one is disposed to envy owners 

 of seaside gardens it is, I think, their hedges. The 

 commonest hedge plant in gardens by the sea is the 

 Japanese Euonymus, of which there are varieties with 

 attractively variegated leaves. One is envious in this 

 case, not so much of the shrub as of the way in which 

 it thrives. In inland gardens Euonymus falls a prey 

 to the grubs of the magpie moth, which appear in 

 such numbers that the stems are soon stripped of their 

 leaves, unless repressive measures are taken. It is 

 curious that the Japanese Euonymus should be so 

 badly disfigured by the magpie moth caterpillars while 

 other shrubs near by remain untouched. The Monterey 

 Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) forms a particularly 

 handsome hedge ; it is of quick growth and graceful 

 form, of attractive green colouring, and bears light 

 clipping well. The yellow-leaved variety of this Cypress 

 is the most beautiful of all the so-called golden 

 conifers. 



Both shrubs will thrive in inland gardens, though 

 they dislike the smoky atmosphere of the neighbourhood 

 of large towns. 



The common Tamarisk is the most graceful of hedge 

 plants used in seaside districts. Though not difficult 

 of cultivation inland, it seems to lack freedom away 

 from the salt-laden air. The Afghan Tamarisk, called 

 Pallasii rosea, forms an admirable lawn shrub, if several 

 plants are grouped together in a large bed. The long, 

 slender shoots bear racemes of soft pink blossoms in 

 late summer. One of the finest shrubs now in bloom, 



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