SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GARDENS. CHAP. 



south of Europe, which blows in April, and produces a 

 yellow berry. It grows to about six or eight feet high. 

 JUNIPER, the common. Lat. Juniperus communis. Fr. Ge- 

 nevrier commun A shrub common in England j and bears 

 a fruit of a blackish blue colour. Propagated by cuttings 

 and suckers, and, also, by seed, which comes up the 

 second year, and should be sown in garden mould mixed 

 with sand. The two foregoing should be propagated in 

 the same manner. 



365. KCELREUTERIA, panicled. Lat. Kcelreuteria 

 paniculate. Fr.K&lreuteria panicule. A hardy shrub, tenor 

 twelve feet high, originally from China, which blows a yel. 

 low flower in August. Propagated by seed, and requires great 

 care fpr the first two or three years. It is also obtained by 

 cuttings planted in February in pots,and put into a hot-bed 

 of moderate heat. They take root in about a month, and 

 should be separated in the autumn, 



366. LAUREL, or sweet-bay. Lat. Laurus nobilis. Fr, 

 Laurier commun. That common evergreen which we see 

 now in all parts of England forming the underwood to 

 high shrubberies, and the fore- ground of low ones. It is 

 a native of Italy, but is hardy enough to stand the 

 winters of the southern parts of England well, though in 

 the North, and particularly if on high and exposed 

 situations, it will not outlive a very severe winter. It 

 blows a yellow small flower in May ; and is easily pro- 

 pagated by layers. It grows to ten or twelve feet high, 

 when in a sheltered situation, and is more particular as 

 to this matter than as to soil. Under the tall Scotch 

 rs in ^Windsor great Park, immediately adjoining that 



