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male and female forms are separate. If the latter 

 are fertilised, bright-red berries result. 



Azaleas, 3 to 6 feet. For moist and peaty soil. 



Berberis Aquifolium, 4 feet ; B. Darwinii, 6 to 8 feet ; 

 B. stenophylla, 6 to 8 feet ; B. Thunbergi, 2 to 3 feet ; 



B. vulgaris purpurea, 5 to 6 feet (a purple - leaved 

 variety of the Common Barberry). 



Comus Spcethii, 4 feet. This has rich golden foliage. 



Cofoneaster frigida, 12 to 15 feet. A sturdy tree, 



with scarlet berries in autumn. C. horizontalis, 2 feet ; 



C. microphylla, 3 feet ; C. Simonsii, 5 to 8 feet. 

 Crataegus Oxyacantha (Common Hawthorn). As a 



small tree this is delightful in small gardens, especially 

 the double-flowered forms, of which the richest in 

 colour is Paul's double scarlet. As a contrast to this 

 there is the double white. ■*■ 



Cytisus albus (White Broom), 6 feet ; C. nigricans, 

 4 feet ; C. prcecox (Sulphur Broom), C. scoparius 

 (Common Broom), 6 feet ; C. s. andreanus. 



Daphne Cneorum (Garland Flower), i foot ; D. Meze- 

 reum (the Mezereon), and the white variety alba. 



Deutzia crenata fl. pi., 6 to 8 feet ; D. gracilis, 



D. hybrida. 



Elasagnus pungens, 6 feet. This is not so much 

 planted as it should be ; it is a rounded evergreen 

 bush of great charm. There is a good variegated 

 variety. 



Euonymus japonicus, 4 to 8 feet ; E. radicans, \\ feet. 

 The variegated variety is very popular. 



Forsythia suspensa, 6 to 8 feet. A climbing shrub, 

 but may be kept in bush form if pruned back hard 



