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walls in colder districts. As it stands sea 

 air well it is often used in seaside gardens. 

 The flowers are bright red, and are borne 

 from July onwards. Other good kinds are 

 E. Monte vidensis, E. floribunda, and E. rubra. 

 Cuttings inserted in sandy soil in a closed 

 frame root readily during summer. Ordinary 

 garden soil is suitable, and although no 

 regular pruning is necessary, they may be 



exceeding 1 foot in height, is very useful 

 for clothing ground beneath trees where 

 grass will not grow. It has a silver varie- 

 gated variety which is quite as useful. Both 

 may also be used as an edging to borders, 

 for they stand hard clipping with shears 

 quite well. Propagation is by division, and 

 ordinary garden soil suits. 

 Hedera Helix (Common Ivy) is an ex- 



Camellia bush out-of-doors near Exeter. 



pruned quite hard if the grower so wishes. 



Eucryphia cordifolia is a pretty, white- 

 flowered Chilian shrub, only suitable for the 

 southern counties. The better-known E. 

 pinnatifolia from the same country is hardier, 

 but is only evergreen in the mildest parts of 

 Britain. Forming a shapely bush 10 to 18 

 feet high, it bears its large white flowers 

 freely in July and August. Both plants re- 

 quire warm, well-drained, loamy soil to which 

 a little peat has been added. They do not 

 need regular pruning, and are most satis- 

 factory when propagated from seeds. 



Euonymus radicans, a dwarf plant rarely 

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ceptionally useful plant. Its climbing forms 

 are excellent for covering walls or tree 

 stumps, whilst the commoner sorts form 

 good carpets beneath trees where grass will 

 not grow. The Irish Ivy, Hedera Helix 

 canariensis, is one of the most satisfactory 

 plants for covering walls, and gives really 

 good results even in towns. The leaves must, 

 however, be cut hard back to the wall each 

 year. Like the Holly, the Ivy has developed 

 many varieties, which differ to an extra- 

 ordinary extent from the type, both in size, 

 shape, and colour of leaves. Good varieties 

 are : Algeriensis, Amurensis, dentata, and 



