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PHEASANTS 



Viburnum Opultia (Single 

 Guelder Rose)^ indigen- 

 ous. 



Deciduous shrub 6-16 feet 

 high ; bears blackish-red 

 berries of which pheas- 

 ants are very fond ; 

 rabbit-proof. 



Useful Non-Fruiting Plants poh Under-cover 



Axalea pontica (Common 

 Azalea)j Caucasus, 1793. 



Aucuba japonica (Varie- 

 gated Laurel), Japan, 

 1783. 



Blackthorn (Prunus spin- 



osa), indigenous. 

 Box {Buwus sempervirens), 



indigenous. 



Broom, Common {Cytisiis 

 gcoparius), indigenous. 



Broom, Yellow, Spanish 

 (Spartium junceum), 



Mediterranean, 1648. 



Buckthorn, Sea {Hippopkde 

 rhamnoides), indigenous, 

 S. England. 



Deutxia crenata or scabra 

 (Japanese Snow-flower), 

 Japan, 1833. 



Dogwood or Cornel {Comus 

 sanguinea), 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 10-16 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 togame; 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 shade- 

 bearer ; practically rab- 

 bit-proof. 



