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through the severest winters, and while it occasionally browns 

 and loses some leaves, it always recovers. It requires good, rich, 

 moist, sandy loam and should be planted in a situation pro- 

 tected from the sweep of the prevailing cold winds. The ink- 

 berry. Ilex glabra, native from New Jersey to Florida, is an 

 excellent evergreen shrub. The deep leaves never appear to 

 brown in the severest winters. It requires a very moist well- 

 drained soil to be at its best. The Japanese holly, Ilex crenata, 

 in several forms, is a very neat evergreen shrub, with small 

 leaves. In a severe winter it suffers considerably in western 

 New York. It should be planted in a well-protected situation, 

 and it is wise to place a few evergreen branches over it. 



Mahonia Aquifolium has beautiful lustrous holly-like foliage 

 and is quite hardy. The foliage browns in winter considerably, 

 and it should be planted so that it will be protected from the 

 winter's sun. Seedlings of M. Aquifolium vary considerably 

 in habit and hardihood, some forms withstanding the burning 

 injury of the winter's sun remarkably well. Mahonia repens is 

 a low-growing species and spreads freely by stolons. It hardly 

 ever browns, and is quite hardy. Mahonia pinnata is fairly 

 hardy, but needs protection, as it is subject to considerable 

 injury in a severe winter. Mahonia japonica must be planted 

 in a well-protected situation, as it is likely to suffer even in an 

 ordinary winter. 



Amongst the evergreen barberries, some of the recent 

 introductions from China are very promising. Berberis ver- 

 ruculosa is a beautiful compact form with lustrous deep green 

 leaves and conspicuous long spines. It suffered considerably 

 during the winter of 1917 and 1918. In an ordinary winter it 

 is very satisfactory. Berberis Sargentiana has thick, deep green, 

 rather spiny leaves and has about the same hardihood as B. 

 verruculosa. Another new Chinese species that is proving very 



