NOTES ON TREES, SHRUBS & PLANTS 29 



Bronzy Red. — Cryptomeria elegans is a beautiful 

 Japanese tree. The foliage, when fully exposed to 

 light, assumes an effective hue in autumn and through 

 winter. Requires a sheltered site, but not a shaded 

 one, or the plant remains green. Cut out duplicate 

 leaders. When used for winter bedding the plants are 

 best grown in pots, as good plants of this shrub are 

 injured by the shifting twice a year. 



Thuya orientalis and several varieties of the shrub called 

 Retinospora ericoides are also warmly coloured ; the last, 

 however, is more violet than red. 



Green. — Cupressus Lawsoniana erecta viridis, C. L, nana, 

 C L, Fraseri, and other varieties, C nutkaensis, Retino- 

 spora pisifera, R.p.plumosa, R, p. Jilifera, R. p, gracilis , R. 

 obtusay Thuya orientalis Zuccariniana, T. occidentalism Thuiopsis, 

 dolobrata, Juniperus virginiana, J. chinensis, and many 

 others. 



Glaucous. — The Rocky Mountain blue spruce {Picea 

 pungens glauca) is a very fine effective subject, but 

 should be grown in large pots if for winter bedding. 

 It is the best glaucous spruce. Retinospora squarrosa 

 is a very fine bushy silvery shrub. C. Lawsoniana 

 argenteay C. L. glauca, are less silvery. 



White Variegated.^ — Retinospora obtusa albo picta, R. 

 plumosa argentea, Juniperus chinensis albo variegata. Por- 

 tions of the shoots of the above are cream or white, the 

 rest green. 



Golden. — Retinospora obtusa aurea, R. plumosa aurea, 

 R. pisifera aurea, R. p. jilifera aurea, R, tetragona aurea, 

 Cupressus Lawsoniana lutea, Thuya gigantea lutea, T, occidentalis 

 lutea. The foliage of the above is entirely suffused with 

 a more or less bright yellow colour. 



Golden Variegated. — Cupressus Laivsoniana aurea 

 variegata. Thuya orientalis aureo-variegata, T. occidentalis 

 variegata, T plicata variegata, Juniperus Sabina variegata, 

 Taxus baccata erecta aurea, etc. These correspond with 



