350 THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS 



satisfactory is Berheris Gagnepainii. It lias narrow, tapering, 

 wedge-shaped leaves and is very distinct in its habit of growth. 

 Berheris stenophylla is a beautiful old garden hybrid with small 

 deep green leaves and handsome yellow flowers, but needs close 

 protection in winter. Berheris huxifolia, from the Strait of 

 Magellan, has been long in cultivation and has small, elliptic, 

 deep green leaves. It needs about the same protection as 

 B. stenophylla. 



Cotoneaster horizontalis, native of China, has horizontal 

 branches with roundish deep green leaves. The bright red 

 fruits are very attractive in September. This is a most excellent 

 shrub in rock-gardening. Var. perpusilla has smaller leaves 

 than the type. It is a very pretty ornamental form and, like 

 the former, is well adapted to rock-gardening. Cotoneaster 

 Dammeri, from China, has a prostrate habit with the leaves 

 arranged as if in two ranks. It is well adapted for clinging to 

 low slopes or creeping over edges of rocks. Cotoneaster adpressa 

 is a dainty low species which forms a low dense mat and is 

 admirably suited to rock-gardening. Cotoneaster microphylla 

 has long been known in cultivation. It has a prostrate habit 

 and the small, roundish, deep green leaves are very attractive. 

 The bright red fruits in the autumn are showy. Cotoneaster 

 rotundifolia^ with prostrate branches and dark green oval 

 leaves, is very ornamental. Cotoneaster salicifolia retains its 

 leaves for the greater part of the winter. The habit is decum- 

 bent. The leaves are lance-shaped or ovate and densely woolly 

 beneath. Var. rugosa has a more vigorous habit and the 

 leaves are larger. The leaves are retained in good condition 

 until March. It is a wise precaution to lay evergreen branches 

 over these cotoneasters in winter, for when fully exposed to 

 the winter's sun they are likely to be more or less browned. 



The box-tree is a most important evergreen when it stands 



