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clusters of bright red berries, often lasting right through 

 the winter ; the various Cotoneasters ; several species of 

 Pernettya ^ the Sea Buckthorn, Hippopha rahmnoides ; 

 Aucuha Japonica ; the various Hollies ; the Strawberry 

 Trees, especially Arbutus unedo ; the White-berried 

 Snowberry \ the Purple-berried Gaultheria, and the 

 Mistletoe are among the most valuable winter-berried 

 shrubs. 



Other shrubs should be grown on account of their 

 beautiful stem colouring in winter. Rubus biflorus, with 

 stems as white as whitewash, the grey-stemmed Violet 

 Willow, the red-stemmed Cardinal Willow, several of 

 the Dogwoods, the yellow-twigged Lime, Spir^a 

 Douglasii and Deutzia crenata are among the more notable 

 of these. 



Nor should evergreens and evergreys be forgotten. 

 Of evergreen trees and shrubs Yew, Hollies, Box, Tree 

 Ivys, Barberries, Sand Myrtles, Dwarf Partridge Berries, 

 and Olearia Haasti are among the most useful. 



Among the evergrey plants may be named Lavender, 

 Rosemary, Pinks, Carnations, Mulleins, Alyssum, Laven- 

 der Cotton, Stachys chrysaniha^ Achillea umbellatay 

 Achillea moschata^ Silene maritima, Hieraceum villosum, 

 H. gymnocephalusy Cistus (of sorts), Artemisia lanata, 

 Agrostemma, Senecio leucophyllus, Teucrum aureum, Cerastium 

 tomentosumy Arabis variegata, Gypsophilum repens, Festuca 

 glauca, Sedum Turkestanicum^ Olearia ins ignis, Agrostemma 

 coronaria, Onopordon ar obi cum. 



