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on the under-sides. The pale yellow flowers are very fragrant, 

 and borne in the leaf-axils. The silvered fruits are attractive. 

 E. argentea (Silver Berry) is another species of great decorative 

 value. It does not grow so large as the last-named, but its 

 silvery leaves, yellowish sweet-scented flowers, and globular fruits,, 

 are .distinct and pretty. 

 E. hortensis (Fig. 292) is 

 free in growth and handsome 

 in fruit. It succeeds admir 

 ably in dry soils. The Sea 

 Buckthorn {Hippopha rham- 

 noides) is one of the most 

 beautiful of berry - bearers. 

 Like the Elaeagnus, it grows 

 freely in dry soil. Its orange- 

 coloured berries are retained 

 throughout the winter, and 

 no shrub is more effective 

 than this when allowed free 

 growth on the margin of 

 lake or pond-side. 



Daphne mezereum and 

 its varieties should not 

 be forgotten, the red- 

 and orange - coloured 

 berries being very attrac- 

 tive. Pyrus Aria (White 

 Beam) shouldbeplanted 

 in exposed situations. 

 The fruits are large and 

 of a bright scarlet colour. 

 P. A. lutescens is a grand 

 variety, with glaucous 

 leaves, and in late 

 summer creates a pretty 

 picture when laden with 

 its large clusters of 

 berries. P. A. undu- 

 lata is another beautiful 

 and easily-grown sort, 

 with glaucous leaves. 

 P. intermedia is vigor- 

 ous, and very handsome in autumn when bearing its immense 

 clusters of berries. P. lanata, also vigorous in growth, has large 

 leaves and bears great crops of showy fruit. P. pinnatifida is a 

 beautiful tree, of erect, close habit, with deeply-cut leaves. It is an 

 exceptionally free berry-bearer. Pyrus Aucuparia (the Mountain 

 Ash) is another excellent kind. Its white flowers are borne in 



Fig. 292. — El^agnus hortensis. 



