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pleasing when grown against walls five or six feet high as 
they are tall enough to cover these. Escallonias require a 
moderately light and well-drained soil and can be readily 
propagated by means of cuttings of the young wood, 
which should be taken in August and inserted in a bed 
of sandy soil made up within an unheated frame, or 
they may be inserted in boxes filled with soil of the 
same description. 
There are a considerable number of species and 
varieties, and those of special excellence include Escallonia 
exoniensis, deep rose; E. Langleyensis, carmine rose; 
E. macrantha, tose; E. m. sanguinea, deep red; and 
E. rubra, deep rose. 
Enonymus.—The Japanese enonymus and its varie- 
gated varieties are neat-growing shrubs that under 
ordinary conditions attain a height of three or four feet ; 
in the southern and western counties, they grow con- 
siderably taller. Although usually regarded as quite 
hardy they suffer much from frosts in severe winters, 
and in cold districts the variegated varieties are some- 
times killed. Their proper position is the front row 
of the shrubbery, but they should be planted rather 
sparingly. Propagation can be readily effected by means 
of cuttings. Near the sea where they are not liable to 
injury from frost they make capital hedges. 
Enonymus japonicus aureo-marginatus and E. 7. aureo- 
variegatus are two fine golden forms and &. /. argenteo- 
variegatus,and EF. 7. latifolius albo-variegatus, are attractive 
varieties with silvery variegation. . radicans variegatus 
is a hardy form of prostrate growth, and most useful for 
marginal bands to beds and borders where a silvery-leaved 
plant would be appropriate. 
Garrya.—Although not generally met with in gar- 
dens, Garrya elliptica has sufficient merit to justify its 
inclusion in gardens of even limited dimensions. It 
requires a warm, sunny position against a wall, where 
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