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columnar in outline with narrow-pointed dull green 

 persistent leaves. Other valuable species are B. 

 atrocarpa, B. Julianae and B. Sargentiana, which 

 differ one from another in size and shape of leaves and 

 fruits but agree in being much-branched upright grow- 

 ing shrubs, from five to eight feet tall, with thick dark 

 evergreen leaves, yellow flowers and black fruits. 

 The sparingly branched B. Veitchii (known in gardens 

 as B. acuminatd) is very distinct and so is B. triacan- 

 thophora which is a twiggy shrub, from three to five feet 

 tall and as much broad, with yellow flowers stained 

 with red, and black fruits. For rockeries and rocky 

 places the semiprostrate B. candidula and B. verrucu- 

 losa with small evergreen Holly-like leaves, lustrous 

 above and white beneath, are most delightful plants. 

 Another low-growing species is B. Wilsonae with 

 dense twiggy branches, gray-green semipersistent 

 leaves which become beautifully tinted in the late fall, 

 and masses of yellow flowers succeeded by brilliant 

 salmon-red globose berries. 



As low-growing evergreen shrubs suitable for dry 

 soils and for planting under trees, Sarcococca humile 

 and S. ruscifolia may be confidently recommended 

 as useful additions to the limited number of plants 

 that will thrive under such conditions. 



A strikingly handsome evergreen shrub of medium 



