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PHEASANTS 



Corylus Avellana (Hazel), 

 indigenous. 



Cotoneaster Simmonsii 

 (Simon's Cotoneaster), 

 Himalayas, 1850. 



Gaultheria Shallon 



(American Partridge - 

 Berry), N. America. 



Leycesteria formosa (Hima- 

 layan Honeysuckle), N. 

 India, about 1820. 



Ligustrum vulgare (Common 

 Privet), indigenous. 



Ligustrum ovalifolium (Oval- 

 leaved Privet), Japan, 

 1877. 



Pemettya (some twenty 

 varieties). 



The common hazel of our 

 woods ; excellent under- 

 cover. 



Sub-evergreen shrub, about 

 6 feet high ; orange-red 

 berries ; a valuable covert 

 plant ; practically rabbit- 

 proof once established. 



Dense-growing shrubs of 

 low habit, flowers white, 

 succeeded by small red 

 berries of which pheasants 

 are fond ; partial shade- 

 bearers ; practically 

 rabbit-proof once estab- 

 lished ; will not do on 

 chalk soils. 



Deciduous shrub of rambling 

 habit, 4-10 feet high; 

 increases rapidly by self- 

 sown seed ; partial shade- 

 bearer and good under- 

 cover ; has purplish 

 berries attractive to game. 



Low evergreen shrub, 6-10 

 feet high ; partial shade- 

 bearer ; useful covert 

 plant ; bears purple-black 

 berries ; does best in 

 moist, strong loam soil, 

 but can be relied on to 

 flourish almost anywhere. 



Sub-evergreen shrub. 



Small hardy bushy plants ; 

 good under-cover ; bear- 

 ing masses of various 

 coloured berries of, how- 

 ever, somewhat uncertain 

 attractions to game ; 

 practically rabbit-proof ; 

 partial shade-bearers, will 

 not do on chalk soils. 



