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the natural surroundings and requirements of the place 

 must be the chief consideration. 



For a lovely early garden, Prumis mume (the Japanese 

 apricot) and the almond-tree, together with Cornus mas, 

 would look well against dark green foliage. The double 

 Chinese plum, too, is beautiful. 



Sumach-trees, with " red-hot pokers " growing near 



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them, have a lovely effect in autumn. The large leaf of 

 Salvia argentea is nice as an edging. 



Bushes of flowering currants show up pink against a 

 background of yew or box. 



A rather uncommon shrub, but one which thrives well 

 on the west coast of Scotland, is Pittosporum undulatum* 

 It is an evergreen and not unlike an ilex. 



