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should also be planted in trenched ground at a 

 distance of 5 feet apart, and pruned once only 

 during the year. So treated, splendid beds are 

 formed when suitable positions are chosen. 



CoTONEASTER BUXiFOLiA and Wheeleri, very 

 nearly allied to each other, are fine strong-growing 

 evergreens for almost any soil. They are well 

 adapted for making beds, covering large boulders 

 or the old roots of trees. C. buxifolia is a graceful 

 and pleasing plant when covered with its bright 

 berries, and allowed to assume its natural habit. 

 Plant 3 feet apart, merely thinning out the growths 

 occasionally. 



Cotoneaster microphylla. — A very charming 

 shrub, and when planted on a raised position, or 

 on overhanging rocks, tree roots, and such like, forms 

 beautiful masses, especially when thickly studded 

 with its crimson berries. It sometimes becomes 

 badly infested with brown scale, but this is easily 

 got rid of by applying a strong solution of soft soap 

 and water with a syringe. 



Ilex aquifolium (the Common Holly). — The 

 Holly is one of the very finest of our evergreens 

 for bold planting. Fortunately, it is one of the few 

 evergreens that will succeed and grow luxuriantly 

 under the drip of trees, where many other things 

 fail. Large breadths of Holly in good health are 

 a pleasure to look at at all seasons of the year, 

 particularly when well laden with bright - scarlet 

 berries. The Holly is seen at its best on light, well- 

 drained soils, that of a stiff clayey nature (especially 



