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every open-air winter garden, as also should the old 

 Daphne Mezereon, single and double, the double Furze 

 (Ulex Eur opaeus Jlore plena), and the evergreen Garrya 

 elliptica with its hardier variety Thuretii. The Garrya 

 is hardy enough in many gardens, but in exposed or 

 cold situations profits by being afforded the shelter of a 

 wall or other screen. Many other winter flowering shrubs 

 and flowers might be named, but I must refer readers to 

 the list of winter bloomers which forms an appendix to 

 my " Chronicle of a Cornish Garden." 



Great, however, as is the importance of growing as 

 many as possible of the plants which bear flowers through 

 the months of winter, the value of evergreen and ever- 

 grey foliage must not be overlooked. Among the latter 

 may be named Lavender, Rosemary, Pinks, Carnations, 

 Mulleins, Alyssum, Lavender Cotton, Stachys chrysantha, 

 Achillea umbellata, Achillea moschata, Silene maritima, 

 Hieraceum villosum, H. gymnocephalus, Cistus ("of sorts), 

 Artemisia lanata, Agrostemma, Senecio leucophyllus, 

 Teucrum aureum, Cerastium tomentosum, Arabis varie- 

 gata, Gypsophilum repens, Festuca glauca, Sedum 

 Turkestanicum, Olearia insignis, Agrostemma coronaria, 

 Onopordon arabicum. To give a list of useful ever- 

 green plants would require much more space than I have 

 to spare, but the following names may possibly be of 

 some help. Of evergreen trees and shrubs. Yew, 

 Hollies, Box, Tree Ivies, Pernettyas, Ruscus racemosus, 

 the silver-edged Euonymus radicans variegatus, Berberis 

 aquifolium, Aucuba Japonica (and other kinds), Kalmia 

 latifolia, Rhododendrons, Ericas, Sand Myrtles, Dwarf 

 Partridge Berries, Andromedas, Skimmias, Olearia 

 Haasti and Phillyrea Vilmoriana, are among the most 

 useful and interesting. The number of valuable ever- 

 green border plants is almost infinite; the following 

 list includes some of the best; — 



