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should be a plant 

 marginal planting. 



Mountain Pine (Pinus mon- 

 tana or Pumilio), North 

 Tyrol. 



of great value for 



A lover of wind ; makes a 

 densely branched shrub 

 some 10 feet high ; does 

 well almost anywhere. 



Other trees that are useful on the 

 fringe of the wood are the various crab- 

 apples, wild - cherry, myrobolan plum, 

 mountain ash, bird -cherry, maple, birch, 

 alder, holly and yew ; the last two named 

 will thrive in any soil. 



FRUIT-BEARERS OF Low HABIT 



Berberis (syu. Mahonia) 

 aquifolium (Holly-leaved 

 Barberry), N. America, 

 about 1820. 



Berberis vulgaris (Common 

 Barberry), indigenous. 



Berberis Darwinii (Darwin's 

 Barberry), Chili, about 

 1850. 



An evergreen shrub 2-6 

 feet high ; shade-bearer, 

 makes excellent cover ; 

 bears yellow flowers in 

 early spring, followed by 

 large dark purple glob- 

 ular berries. Practically 

 rabbit-proof once estab- 

 lished. 



Deciduous shrub 4-7 feet 

 high ; has golden-yellow 

 flowers and long orange- 

 scarlet berries ; practi- 

 cally rabbit-proof once 

 established. 



An evergreen shrub 6-10 feet 

 high, densely branched 

 and spreading ; makes 

 good under -cover; has 

 deep orange blossoms and 

 purple berries ; practi- 

 cally rabbit-proof once 

 established. 



