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PHEASANTS 



Viburnum Opulus (Single 

 Guelder Rose), indigen- 

 ous. 



Deciduous shrub 6-15 feet 

 high ; bears blackish-red 

 berries of which pheas- 

 ants are very fond ; 

 rabbit-proof. 



USEFUL NON-FRUITING PLANTS FOR UNDER-COVER 



Azalea pontica (Common 

 Azalea), Caucasus, 1793. 



Aucuba japonica (Varie- 

 gated Laurel), Japan, 

 1783. 



Blackthorn (Prunus spin- 



osa), indigenous. 

 Box (Buxus sempervirens), 



indigenous. 



Broom, Common (Cytisus 

 scoparius), indigenous. 



Broom, Yellow, Spanish 

 (Spartium junceurri), 

 Mediterranean, 1548. 



Buckthorn, Sea (Hippophae 

 rhamnoides), indigenous, 

 S. England. 



Deutzia crenata or scabra 

 (Japanese Snow-flower), 

 Japan, 1833. 



Dogwood or Cornel (Cornus 

 sanguined), indigenous. 



Shrub 6-10 feet high ; does 

 best in peat or sand. 



Evergreen shrub 6-10 feet 

 high ; bears bright -red 

 berries of little value to 

 game when male and 

 female plants are grouped 

 together ; rabbit-proof ; 

 shade-bearer. 



A thicket 10-15 feet high ; 

 useful in exposed places. 



Evergreen shrub of slow 

 growth; suits chalk soils; 

 makes useful under- 

 cover ; rabbit-proof. 



2-6 feet high; no better 

 cover when not allowed 

 to grow leggy ; dry soil; 

 shade-bearer. 



6-12 feet high ; does well 

 in poor soil and exposed 

 situations ; rabbit-proof 

 when once established. 



Strong-growing shrub 1-8 

 feet high ; bears orange- 

 yellow berries of little 

 value to game; practically 

 rabbit-proof. 



Very hardy shrub 4-10 feet 

 high ; practically rabbit- 

 proof. 



Hardy, fast-growing shrub; 

 valuable under -cover ; 

 easily propagated by 

 cuttings ; good ghade- 

 bearer ; practically rab- 

 bit-proof. 



