BROAD-LEAVED SHRUBS 



into the woods and open country. Garden fences 

 then seem built for ornament rather than for any 

 sort of protection. 



Ilex crenata is a pretty Japanese holly, considerably 

 used for evergreen effects. Its drupes are black. 



The mahonia or evergreen barberry, Berberis 

 aquifolium, shows glistening leaves which remind one 

 of the holly. It is one of the evergreens desirable 

 for shady, somewhat sheltered places. 



The Japanese mahonia is even a more successful 

 shrub that B. aquifolium. It winters better, for though 

 neither of the mahonias actually die from cold, it 

 sometimes affects them to the extent of causing them 

 to lose their foliage, or rather to become deciduous. 

 The May flowers of the Japanese mahonia are bright 

 yellow, while the fruit appears as inviting in the 

 autumn as a small bunch of bright, blue grapes. 



In regarding up-to-date American planting, the 

 thought of the Japanese invasion must occur. A 

 pleasant invasion it has been, covering the land with 

 an otherwise unknown beauty. Each year the list 

 of plants from the Land of the Rising Sun grows 

 longer; each year the newcomers bloom with a show 

 of luxuriance and hardiness equal to, if not surpassing, 

 that of the native species. 



One Scotch plant of world-wide renown adapts 

 itself well to the sand and the moisture of gardens 

 near the sea. It reserves its soft-tinted flowers for 

 July, while its delicate, bright green foliage survives 

 the winter. The Scotch heather, Calluna vulgaris, 

 is indeed a dwarf evergreen adapted to grow in gardens, 



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