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beautiful silvery-like leaves and wealth of fruit borne by 

 the shrub. In not a few instances, for fully a foot in length, 

 the branches are smothered with crowded clusters of bright 

 orange berries, which render the shrub during November 

 and December both distinct and effective. It does best in 

 sandy soil, and is readily increased from suckers, which 

 are usually plentifully produced by old plants. For sea- 

 side planting it is one of our most valuable shrubs, 

 succeeding, as it does, well down even to high-water mark, 

 and where the foliage is lashed with the salt spray. 



H. salicifolia, from the Himalayas, is a nearly allied 

 form. 



Hoiboellia (Berberideae). 



Holboellia latifolia (syn Stauntonia latifolia). — Hima- 

 layas, 1840. An evergreen climbing shrub that is more 

 often found under glass than out of doors. In the South 

 of England, however, it is quite hardy against a sunny 

 wall. It grows 12 feet high, with shining green leathery 

 leaves, and fragrant purplish-green flowers. H. latifolia 

 angustifolia has decidedly narrower leaves than the 

 species, but is in no other way different. 



Hortensia. See Hydrangea. 



Hydrangea (Saxifragese). 



X Hydkangea abboeescens. — North America, 1736. This 

 is a plant of large growth, but the flowers are greenish- 

 white, and by no means conspicuous. H. arborescens 

 grandiflora is a new variety of American origin, and 

 valuable for the pure-white flowers, which are often 

 10 inches across, and produced in succession from June 

 till frost sets in. In general appearance it resembles our 

 Snowball tree, the flowers being sterile. 



H. hobtensis (syn Hortensia opuloides). — China, 1790. 



