CRAT^EGUS. Thorn 



C. Pyracantha. Evergreen Thorn. Though sometimes attaining good 

 height, this is really in the shrub class, and it is a most desirable, though 

 greatly neglected, ornamental Thorn. A dense grower, with sturdy branchlets 

 armed with stout thorns. The deep shining green foliage is highly attractive 

 and is retained throughout the year, but its beauty is greatly enhanced by 

 the brilliant scarlet berries, each as large as a pea, and produced in cymes 

 which last until spring. We recommend this strongly as a specimen, for bed- 

 ding, winter forcing, and for hedges. 



C. Pyracantha, var. Lelandi. Leland's Evergreen Thorn. Evergreen and 



similar in growth to C. pyracantha, but the cymes of berries are larger and the 

 fruit a beautiful orange-red. 



DAPHNE 



D. Cneorum. Garland Flower. A spreading and somewhat trailing shrub. 



Foliage dark green above, glaucous beneath. In April and May it produces 

 pretty, pink, sweet-scented flowers, sometimes continuing throughout the 

 summer. 



EUONYMUS 



E. Japonica. Japanese Euonymus. A half-hardy evergreen of close, com- 



pact growth and heavy dark green foliage. Desirable for window-boxes or 

 for pot decoration. 



E. Japonica, var. argentea. Silvery Euonymus. A good -growing sort, of 

 which the margins of the leaves are marked with a band of creamy white. 



E. Japonica, var. aurea. Golden Euonymus. Not quite as strong a 

 grower as E. Japonica, but of a good golden color. 



E. Japonica, var. aurea variegata. Golden Variegated Euonymus. Pos- 

 sibly the hardiest of this family. A good, close grower and exceptionally attrac- 

 tive, as the dark green foliage is margined with a band of deep golden yellow. 



E. radicans. See Trailing Plants. 

 E. radicans, var. See Trailing Plants. 



ILEX. Holly 



I. aquifolium. Common English Holly. In cultivation in this country it 

 rarely exceeds a shrub in size. It forms a pyramidal head ; the glossy green 

 foliage is waved with strong spiny teeth. 



I. crenata. Japanese Holly. Few of Japan's introductions are so valuable 

 and so little known ; for though not of recent introduction, it was not widely 

 used until brought forward by us. The plant is a loose, rapid grower of 

 the hardiest sort, standing any exposure and any but a wet soil. It transplants 

 easily, and the large, deep dark green, glossy foliage, with which its branches 

 are densely clothed, makes it the richest foliaged shrub now offered. The 

 berries, inky black, are borne in quantities. (See engraving on title-page.) 



I. crenata, var. latifolia. Broad-Leaved Japan Holly. Of more upright 

 growth than the type ; foliage more oblong and glossy green. 



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