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soil seems best to suit the wants of the box tree, and a partial 

 shade &om southem suns is requisite to enable it to retain its 

 foliage.- 



EvBKGREEN Thokn — Pyrocantha. — The fiery or evergreen 

 thorn — aratmguB pyracantha — ^is an evergreen shrub, at present 

 only to be found occasionally in some amateur's grounds, but 

 highly deserving a place everywhere that ornament or beauty 

 is sought to be created. 



As a single plant, it has rare attractive features in its clusters 



Fig. 45. — ^Evebgreen Thorn. 

 of vrhite flowers, blooming in the month of May, followed by 

 round brilliant scarlet berries, that often remain on a great part 

 of winter, and from whence its name of fiery thorn. In formino- 

 low-growing hedges, it is one of the very best plants, as it is 

 perfectly hardy, and bears the shears as well as other thorns. 

 Our engraving shows a plant with a few clusters of flowers. 

 Any good rich garden soil will answer to grow it. 



COTONEASTBB.— The cotoneaster is a family of plants that for 



