36 Hardy Plants for 



it may be used with a stem of considerable height, or with a very- 

 dwarf one. 



Akalia spinosa, the angelica tree of North America, is highly 

 useful in this class, in consequence of its beauty of foliage and dis- 

 tinct aspect. It, like many of the hardy things, should be placed 

 in positions where it would not be necessary to remove it, or closely 

 associate it with tender plants requiring frequent disturbance of soil. 

 Both this and the preceding kind may be had in our nurseries. 



Abalia Sieboldi is also a valuable species, usually treated as a 



Fig. 12. — Aralia Sieboldi. 



greenhouse plant. It has been known to stand severe winters, 

 and afterwards grow better than plants that had been housed. 



Arundo donax, the great reed of the south of Europe, is a 

 very noble plant on good soils. In the south of England it forms 

 canes ten feet high, and furnishes a very distinct and striking aspect. 



