30 THE BOOK OF THE WINTER GARDEN 



the cream or white variegated conifers, except in 

 colour. 



Shrubs, Etc., of Sub-Tropical Aspect 



Many bamboos, starting in unfavourable localities 

 with such as Phyllostachys Castillonis, P. Henonisy P, nigra 

 Boryana, P. Quilioi, P. viridi-glaucescens, Bambusa palmata, 

 Arundinaria japonica (especially good, even in trying 

 circumstances). Bamboos become monotonous if patched 

 regularly ; they should be planted in irregular groups, 

 by the sides of shrubberies, or in hollows, as in the 

 fine Bamboo Garden at Kew. 



The various species oiTucca are very suitable for large 

 rock gardens and elsewhere. They require plenty of sun. 

 The leaves of the pampas grass are not unornamental 

 in winter. Very fine is the New Zealand Phormium 

 tenax and its varieties. The plants are unhurt by the 

 hardest Edinburgh frost and keenest winds, and flower 

 in summer. Those represented in the accompanying 

 illustration are 9 ft. high. The variety Atropurpureum 

 has dark leaves. Only a portion of its seedlings come true. 



Fragrant Evergreens 



Although the bay laurel. Sassafras, Umbellularia, 

 Myrica cerifera, M. calif ornica, etc., have fragrant ever- 

 green leaves, the perfume is only noticeable when the 

 leaves are crushed. Shrubs that perfume the air are 

 few. The box diffuses a very characteristic pleasant 

 perfume in the garden that affects everyone, but of 

 which few realise the source. Especially noticeable is it 

 in sunshine or after rain. Some people dislike it. The 

 fragrance of the thyme is carried a considerable way, 

 but these plants are only small sub-shrubs. 



Among the garden conifers, none are more pleasantly 

 scented than the Douglas fir. The leaves are fragrant 



