Hedera 



(403 ) 



Hedges 



growing, stubby ; suit- 

 able for rockwork. 



euspidata minor, deep 

 grn., wh. veins, leaf 

 stalks pur. 



deltoidea, dark grn., 

 stem pur. 



ilentata, large, heart- 

 shaped Ivs., dark grn. 

 - digitata, dark grn., 

 wh. ribs. Gaenwood- 

 ialia is elose to this. 

 * douerailensis. pur. br. 

 in win., bron/e grn. in 

 sum. : pots and roekerv. 

 lilymii. gru., wedge 

 shaped : pots. 



graeilis. dee]> grn., 

 bronze grn. in win. ; 

 walls and live stumps, 

 loltata major, deep grn. 



lucida, small, grn., wh. 

 veins; walls and tree 

 stumps. 



macrodonta (wv p. 40'2) . 

 marginata, triangular. 



small, grn., margined 

 silver: roekery. 

 marginata aurea. mar- 

 gined or. yel., turning 

 to red: walls or roekerv 

 (.v, ,,. 402). 



- Seltetfor rig variaiet. 

 A Selection of Tree Ivies: 



aeuta (amurensis), grn., alba marginata, silver, 

 large Ivs. of deutata grn., the hardiest of the 



type. small-leaved, variegated 



marginata minor, Ivs. 

 smaller than type; pots 

 (///(. Cavendishii). 



rubra, red margin ; 

 pots or rockery (HI/HX. 

 elegaiitissima and tri- 

 color). 



inarmomta, grn., mar- 

 bled crealu wh. : walls 

 and stumps. 



raarmor.ita minor, 

 smaller Ivs., more con- 

 stant variegation. 

 - palmata, deep grn. ; 

 walls and stumps; slow 

 grower. 



pnrpurea, a pur. leaved 

 form of ra'gneriana. 



* ra'gueriaua, large, 

 dark grn.. heart shaped. 



*- rhomhea , medi um , grn. , 

 margined wh. (wr 

 figure), 



sagitoefolia, deep gni., 

 bronze grn. in wiu. 



scutifolia, dull grn. 

 (.'/. cordata). 



* variegata. gru., mar- 



gined silver ; walls or 

 stumps. 



willseana, very dark 

 grn. : walls or stumps. 



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HEUKUA HI.LIX MINIMA. 



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HEDEKA HELIX KHOMIIEA. 



algeriensis vaviegata, 



silver, gru. 

 arboresceus marginata, 



margined silver, very 



hardy, 

 baccifera lutea, berries 



yel., good habit, 

 eauariensis aurea niacu- 



lata, a golden spotted 



Irish Ivy. 



latimaculata, silver 

 spotted. 



conglomerata, grn., small 

 and close-growing. 



dentata, Giant Ivy, very 

 large Ivs. 



digitata, palo grn., grey 

 veins. 



aurea, vel. var. 

 elegantifsima, Russell's 



var., margined creamy 



wh. 

 flavescens, l)est small- 



leaved golden var. 

 Glymii, pale grn., brou/y 



in aut. 

 madereusis variegata, 



largest silver var. 

 minima, good for rock- 



eries (wr figure). 

 nigra, pur., blk. 

 palmata aurea, golden. 

 ripgneriaua, heart shaped, 



grn. 

 rnbra margmata, pk., 



silver, robust. 

 Russell's vnr., like con- 



glomerata. 

 spectabilis aurea, one of 



best of gold blotched 



vars., very hdy. 



HEDGES. 



When properly planted and looked after, hedges 

 are objects of beauty; when allowed to run wild 

 they are very much tbe reverse. The si/.e ami 

 character of the hedge will depend (1) upon the 

 purpose it is intended to serve, (2) its position. 

 and (3) the soil and weather conditions of the 

 locality. For ordinary boundary purposes, es- 

 pec-ially when one side of the hedge is turned to a 

 public thoroughfare, there is nothing better tlian 

 Whitethorn, or "Quick." Holly makes a good 

 protective hedge, but it is inferior to Quick in 

 that cattle will'oat the young shoots. A mixture of 

 Quick and Beech forms, perhaps, the thickest and 

 most serviceable hedge. If cut in annually, it will 

 last for years before it begins to get bare at the 

 bottom. 



Amongst Conifers, Ciiprc.-sus lawsoniana makes 

 an elegant hedge plant, but it must bo In 

 back at an early stage, or it will soon grow 

 out of bounds. Box, Laurel, and Yew are all 

 available for evergreen hcduv>. and Box imperially 

 is to be recommended. Yew is open to the ob- 

 jection that it i- poisonous, and Laurel that 

 severe winters will sometime- cause nuly gaps in 

 it. For dividhiL' portions of the garden from each 



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