254 HARDY PICTORIAL TREES. 



Berberis Dartvinii. Evergreen. Height, 5 feet. The 

 handsomest of the Berberries ; of free growth, covered 

 with a profusion of orange-coloured blossoms in summer, 

 often repeated late in autumn. 



Cerasus lusitanica (the Portugal Laurel). Evergreen. 

 Height, 20 feet. A hardy handsome evergreen, of free 

 growth, producing spikes of white flowers in June, followed 

 by purple fruit in autumn. Good for shrubberies ; forms 

 also a handsome round-headed standard tree, much used 

 in formal gardening. 



Cupressus Lambertiana. Evergreen. Height, 50 feet. 

 The hardiest of the Cypress tribe ; of free growth, and 

 very handsome. 



Garry a elliptica. Evergreen, Height, 10 feet. One of 

 the most striking and beautiful of evergreens, covered with 

 numerous pendulous green catkins throughout the winter 

 months ; the pollen is so plentiful in spring that if the tree 

 is shaken the air is filled with a cloud of yellow dust. 



Ilex Aquifolium (the Holly). Evergreen. Height, 10 

 to 20 feet. The varieties of this plant with dark green 

 leaves are so numerous that I cannot include even all those 

 worthy of notice ; Shepherdii, nigrescens, ovata, scurtica, 

 Donningtoniensis, Fisherii, laurifolia, serratifolia, latispina, 

 and ferox, are distinct and very select This, when we 

 combine leaves and berries, is certainly the first of 

 evergreens, and should abound in every garden and 

 plantation. 



Ligustrum japonicum (the Japan Privet). Evergreen. 

 Height, 5 feet. A handsome evergreen shrub, producing 

 spikes of white flowers. 



Picea Nordmanniana. Evergreen. Height, 80 feet. 

 Very hardy, free, and of incomparable beauty. Suitable 

 for specimens on lawns, groups in parks, and avenues. Of 

 other Piceas Amabilis, grandis, Lowii, nobilis, magnifica, 

 and pinsapo, are of a high order of merit. 



Pinus insignis. Evergreen. Height, 60 feet. A mag- 

 nificent Pine, of the loveliest and richest dark green, but 



