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globosa; Viburnum Lantana and V. Opulus; Gaultheria 

 Shallon ; Ribes, of sorts ; Weigelia rosea ; Euonymus 

 europceus; Berberis Aquifolium, B. dulcis, B. Darwtnii, 

 B. vulgaris, and B. vulgaris purpurea; Hippopha'e rham- 

 noides, and If. angustifolia ; Arbutus Utiedo , Garrya 

 elliptica; Rosa rtibiginosa ; Symphoria racemosa. 



A writer in the weekly journal Woods and Forests 

 remarks : ' It is difficult to get two people to agree as 

 to the trees with which rabbits and hares meddle. 

 Some experienced planters say that these animals cut 

 Piiius Laricio very much if planted small, but do not 

 touch Pinus austriaca. Now, as for the latter, I can 

 confidently assert that they cut it more than any other 

 of the pine tribe. With me they have attacked and 

 thoroughly destroyed fine plants of it four and five 

 feet high. A neighbour, who has planted Pinus 

 Laricio (I have none except guarded), says that it is 

 ' rabbit proof,' and on his assertion I have now planted 

 some hundreds. The fact is, I believe, in a really 

 severe winter, rabbits will attack anything. In a deep 

 snow I have had yews eaten down, but in the gene- 

 rality of years certain things escape.' 



Yews cannot be recommended for planting in 

 game coverts, for although the leaves may be eaten 

 with impunity by rabbits, as is the case with goats, it 

 is otherwise with pheasants, several instances having 



