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THE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING. 



BABYLONIAN WILLOW. 



a very graceful tree ; Taxus baccata Dovastoni, a variety of the Yew with wide-spreading 

 brandies and pendulous shoots ; Thuja occidentalis pendula, which variety of the American 

 Arborvitas has all the minor branches pendulous'; Ulmus campestris pendula, U. campestris 

 macrophylla pendula, U. montana pendula, four distinct Weeping Elms ; WeH'ington'ia 

 gigantea pendula, a form of the Wellingtonia, with branches that droop close to the main 

 stem, but this is very ugly. 



COVERT PLANTS SUCCEEDING IN SHADE. 



Shrubs that will succeed under the shade and drip of trees are in considerable demand in game- 

 preserving districts for covert planting, and when in masses they afford a safe shelter for the 

 game, especially during the breeding season. From an ornamental point of view, too, shrubs 

 available for planting in shade are particularly valuable, but the list is at most a limited one. 

 The best are : Aucuba japonica, Berberis (Mahonia) Aquifolium, B. vulgaris, and B. repens, 

 Buxus sempervirens (Box), Cerasus lauro-cerasus (Laurel), Cornus alba (Dogwood), Coton- 

 easter, several kinds, Crataegus Oxyacantha (Whitethorn), Daphne Laureola (Spurge Laurel), 

 D. pontica, Gaultheria Shallon, Hypericum Androsaemum (Tutsan), H. calycinum (Rose of 

 Sharon), Hedera (Ivy), numerous forms, Leycesteria formosa, Ligustrum (Privet), different 

 kinds, Prunus spinosa (Sloe), Rhododendron ponticum, Rosa rubiginosa (Sweet Briar), Ruscus 

 aculeatus (Butcher's Broom), Rubus (Bramble), various forms, Svmphoricarpus racemosus 

 (Snowberry), Vinca major and V. minor, the greater and lesser Periwinkle. 



BAMBOOS (HARDY). 



THE various Bamboos have become very popular of late years, and though at first it was 

 feared that they would suffer greatly during severe winters, their hardiness is now 

 generally proved, their only injury being a browning of the foliage, from which with the 

 return of spring they quickly recover. Many of the Bamboos are full of grace, and seen 



