HARDY PICTORIAL TREES. 277 



Ilex Aquifolium (the common Holly). Height, 20 to 

 30 feet. The common Holly is too familiar to need de- 

 scription ; among the numerous varieties there are, how- 

 ever, some which seldom produce berries. The best 

 selection from the berry -bearing point of view are 

 /. Aquifolium, Aquifolium pendula, fructu aurantiaco, 

 fructu luteo y hybrida, platyphylla, nigrescens, scurtica, 

 Hendersonii, Hodginsii, senescens, flammea angustifolia, 

 bicolor, aureo-marginata, obscura, albo-picta, albo-marginata, 

 balearica, and maderensis. Berries red, yellow, and 

 orange. 



Gaultheria procumbens. Height, 6 inches. A pretty 

 dwarf shrub, requiring peat ; flowers white, berries red. 



Gaultheria Shallon. Height, 2 feet. A handsome 

 shrub, requiring peat ; flowers white tinged with pink, 

 berries purple. 



Hedera (the Ivy). There are among climbing and tree 

 Ivies varieties which produce berries ; of the climbing 

 kinds the best are H. aureo-maculata, marginata argentea, 

 marginata canescens, albo-lutescens. Helix foliis aureis^ and 

 canariensis ; of the tree kinds I recommend arborescens, 

 baccata lutea, canariensis arborescens, Helix arborescens, 

 H. a. foliis aureis, and Rczgneriana arborescens ; berries 

 yellow or purple. 



Pernettya speciosa. Height, \\ foot. A beautiful 

 dwarf evergreen, thriving best in light loam or peat ; 

 flowers white, berries red. There are also varieties bear- 

 ing white and pink berries. P. mucronata and P. angusti- 

 folia are also desirable berry-bearing kinds of similar but 

 somewhat larger growth. 



Skimmia japonica. Height, ij foot. A pretty dwarf 

 evergreen ; berries red. 5. oblata is also a very handsome 

 kind. 



Vaccinium Vitis idcea. Height, I foot. A pretty dwarf 

 evergreen, thriving best in peat ; flowers pale pink, berries 

 red, the latter remaining on the plant throughout the 

 winter. 



