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should be equally willing to afford the extra care 
requisite for its success. Escallonia is well adapted 
for covering rockeries and low walls, appearing, 
at a distance, much like Euonymus radicans. 
A closer inspection will disclose some differences, 
especially the better colour of the leaves, their 
deeper incisement, and a looser growth, which 
is a distinct advantage, in that it shows off the 
foliage much more effectively. E. Montevidensis 
(sometimes referred to as E. floribunda) is about 
the best of this group, and will attain a height 
of ten feet. Being of an exceedingly dwarf 
nature, E. macrantha is most useful for covering 
the ground under trees, etc. Both these forms 
flower, but are far less prized on this account than 
because of their foliage. 
Although not, technically speaking, evergreens, 
the varieties Chinensis and Halliana of Lonicera 
Japonica, could well be included in this group 
in certain cases; I have seen these varieties with 
bright, healthy foliage in February. Lonicera 
is valuable on account of its height, making more 
growth than either euonymus or escallonia, and, 
in the absence of more suitable material, 
would fit in well here and there among other 
vines. 
As a result of skilful hybridizing, we now have 
