GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



of surrounding growth subdued by the autumn mist, 

 they arose as the highest note of color. The meadow 

 represented a bit of nature's planting, one seldom out- 

 done by even the most skilfully devised schemes. 



In the late season, the barberry, Berberis Thun- 

 bergii, a low growing shrub from the land of the 

 Mikado, comes into its kingdom of scarlet foliage 

 and sprays fairly be jeweled with red berries that 

 persist over the winter. It is one of the hardiest 

 shrubs, standing unusually cold exposures. It should 

 not be omitted from plantings of any importance. 

 Its special field is to make hedges (page 79) and to 

 outline garden boundaries. 



The deciduous holly, Ilex verticillatus, holds its 

 berries in quite a different way from the Japanese 

 barberry, and also enlivens the oncoming days of 

 winter. As its leaves fall the berries come into marked 

 prominence, clinging closely and in abundance to the 

 twigs. 



As a contrast to the red berries of the deciduous 

 holly, those of the common snowberry, Symphoricarpos 

 racemosus, are large and waxen, white as the snows 

 of winter which they remain to greet. 



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