MY SHRUBS 107 



flowering brambles I have R. innominatus, a very distinct and hand- 

 some plant one of the new comers from China, of which many 

 others are now about to greet the public. 



Ruscus androgyna is the finest and most tender of this genus. 

 It comes from the Canaries, and is a handsome climber for a southern 

 wall, but it will need protection in weather. R. racemosus, the 

 Alexandrian laurel from Portugal, is also desirable. It grows 

 slowly, but nothing looks better than a prosperous specimen. I 

 have also what I take to be R. Hypophyllum, a pretty species rather 

 like R. racemosuSy which I collected in the South of France. None 

 of these have fruited with me, though the last makes flower readily. 

 A good fruiting Butcher's Box is also entirely to be commended. 

 They thrive in Devon woods. 



Ruta graveolens, the common rue, grew here once, but I seek 

 it now in vain : the Herb of Grace has vanished and must be 

 sought again. 



