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poetry and folklore, is not hardy, although here and 

 there rambling over an old tomb in a shady part of 

 some cemetery, a plant may be found more or less in- 

 different to the winter's severity. No other plant can 

 exactly take the place of the Ivy, but we are really 

 fortunate in having so good a substitute as the 

 Japanese Evonymus radicans and its variety vegetus. 

 These are invaluable plants with good foliage, are 

 quite hardy, and admirably adapted for covering walls 

 and the north and west sides of buildings. On 

 boulders or even in the open border they form a fine 

 tangled mass of green. They are root climbers and 

 have small white flowers in clusters and attractive 

 white fruits which open and display the seeds with 

 their orange-scarlet covering. The juvenile stage of 

 the variety vegetus is sold under the name of Evonymus 

 radicans, var. minimus and also as Evonymus kewensis. 

 It has prostrate stems and prettily marbled rounded 

 foliage and is a charming cover and rock plant. In 

 China grows E. radicans, var. acutus and the baby stage 

 of this plant has ovate, marbled leaves and from the 

 manner of its growth in the Arnold Arboretum prom- 

 ises to be a very useful addition to the best of ever- 

 green climbers. 



The only hardy and really evergreen twining vine 

 we have is Lonicera Henry i, a recent addition from 



