46 MY SHRUBS 



splashed with silver makes a beautiful specimen upon a rockery. 

 Others worth growing in a small garden are E. alatus, another 

 Japanese, whose foliage turns pink in autumn, and E. latifolius, 

 with white flowers and scarlet foliage in autumn. E. nanus linifolius 

 is a dainty dwarf with beautiful fruit ; and one may also mention 

 E. radicans microphyllus a mite for the moraine. 



Eurya latifolia variegata has splendid foliage of dark green, 

 pink and white. But this Japanese shrub is tender, and will need 

 a very snug wall and close attention when the frost comes. 



Eupatorium weinmannianum makes a huge bush quickly in the 

 West. This South American flowers in late autumn, and hides 

 itself behind a cloud of pinkish bloom followed by pearly grey seed 

 vessels. The blossom smells of cocoa-nut oil ; but what matter ? 

 Things that look well in November may be forgiven much. 



Eucryphia pinnatifolia stands among my twenty-five favourites. 

 The beautiful thing has flowered with me ever since it was two 

 feet high, and blossoms more generously each successive year. 

 The noblest piece in England grown to a tree belongs to Mr. 

 J. Bolitho, of Penzance, and is worthy of devout pilgrimage. 

 Chili has sent us few greater treasures than this glorious shrub. 

 The petals are large and white, and from their midst a sheaf of 

 delicate stamens spring with pale pink anthers. E. cordifolia, an 

 evergreen species also from Chili, is declared to be equally splendid 

 and hardy. 



Exochorda grandiflora I gave away not in the right spirit, but 

 merely because it grew too large for me. It is a very handsome, 

 hardy shrub, akin to spiraea , with snow-white globular blossoms. 

 Its habit is to make a large mound of green and for proper display 

 it needs abundant space. 



