TREES AND SHRUBS FOR AUTUMN AND WINTER EFFECT. 345 
their berries so sadly shortens their period of beauty. Birds do not 
appear to interfere so much with the orange-coloured berries of the 
newer Pyracantha angustifolia. Both this species and Pyracantha 
Lalandei may be planted against a wall, or grown as bushes, at least 
in the southern half of the country. Our native Hawthorn is beautiful 
in May and again in the early winter when its shoots are crowded 
with berries. The much larger-berried American thorns, Crataegus 
coccinea, and C. Crus-galli, the Cockspur Thorn, are very ornamental, 
and in recent years Professor Sargent has brought into notice many 
other fine thorns. 
The Berberis family is rich in bright-berried plants, some of them 
old favourites, others new-comers, which, on account of their un- 
doubted beauty, have come to stay. Berberis Wilsonae is one of the 
very best of them, its branches often being weighed down by masses 
of beautiful coral-red berries. 
Our fine native shrubs, Viburnum Lantana, V. Opulus, and 
Euonymus europaeus, with their bright berries, attract our attention 
in the hedgerows and woods, and are worthy of a place in all gardens 
where room can be found for them. They are good wild garden 
shrubs. Viburnum rhytidophyllum, and V. Henryi are evergreen 
shrubs recently introduced from China. They have bright scarlet 
berries, and are great acquisitions. The orange-coloured berries 
of the Sea Buckthorn remain in beauty till midwinter. 
The bright-coloured hips of the briars and roses also perform their 
part in adding colour to the garden in the winter, notably the fruits 
of j[the Penzance Sweet Briars, Rosa rugosa, and R. Moyesii. And, 
finally, we have those] beautiful crab fruits, hybrids of the Siberian 
crab, which should find a place in all gardens, large or small. 
Many other trees and shrubs that I have not mentioned are avail- 
able for autumn and winter colour effects, especially among those 
recently introduced from China, but if the interest and attention 
of the owners of gardens should be directed towards the more free 
use of plants of this description for the embellishment of their gardens, 
the object of this lecture will have been achieved. 
