MY SHRUBS 107 
flowering brambles I have R. innominatus, a very distinct and hand- 
some plant—one of the new comers from China, of which many 
others are now about to greet the public. 
Ruscus androgyna is the finest and most tender of this genus. 
It comes from the Canaries, and is a handsome climber for a southern 
wall, but it will need protection in weather. R. racemosus, the 
Alexandrian laurel from Portugal, is also desirable. It grows 
slowly, but nothing looks better than a prosperous specimen. I 
have also what I take to be R. Hypophyllum, a pretty species rather 
like R. racemosus, which I collected in the South of France. None 
of these have fruited with me, though the last makes flower readily. 
A good fruiting Butcher’s Box is also entirely to be commended. 
They thrive in Devon woods. 
Ruta graveolens, the common rue, grew here once, but I seek 
it now in vain: the Herb of Grace has vanished and must be 
sought again. 
