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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
female flowers on separate plants. The female plant is the 
most attractive, this bearing' a profusion of beautiful orange 
berries in autumn and winter. The leaves, moreover, are 
pretty, being dark green above and silvery beneath. The 
tranches are thorny. The average height is 6 to 8ft. An ex- 
cellent shrub for seaside gardens, as it withstands the salt 
spray extremely well. It will also succeed in inland gardens 
if planted in a deep rich soil near a pond or stream. It is 
desirable to plant both male and female plants to ensure a 
crop of berries. Plant in autumn. Straggly shoots may be 
cut back in winter. Easily increased by seeds, layers, or 
suckers, the latter being the simplest method. 
Hymenanthera. — The only species grown — H. crassi- 
folia — is a dwarf evergreen shrub, a native of New Zealand, 
and a member of the Pansy family (Violaceae). This shrub 
grows 3 to 4ft. high, has yellow flowers borne in March and 
April, succeeded by pearly-white berries. It is an interesting 
shrub well worthy of a place in a sheltered sunny border, bed 
or rockery. Plant in September or May in a bed of sandy 
loam, peat and leaf-mould. No pruning required beyond the 
removal of dead wood. Increased by cuttings of ripened shoots 
in sandy peat in a cold frame in autumn. 
Ilex (Holly). — The Holly is almost too well knowa to need 
any lengthy exposition of its merits here. Suffice it to say 
it is one of the most useful evergreen trees we have, doing 
well alike in town, suburban or country gardens. The Common 
Holly (I. Aquifolium) is a native species. Of this there are 
many beautiful green, golden and silver-leaved forms, which 
are attractive for their foliage and their red or yellow berries 
which are borne so freely in the winter. Some kinds bear male 
flowers only, and hence never yield berries. Others, again, 
bear female flowers only, and these again fail to bear berries 
unless a male tree exists in the vicinity. Then there are also 
hermaphrodite forms w r ith stamens and pistil in each flower, 
and these are generally fruitful. We mention these facts 
because so many people wonder why it is their hollies some- 
times fail to yield berries. The best of the green-leaved 
varieties are : Altaclerensis, angustifolia, crassifolia, ferox 
(Hedgehog Holly), handsworthiana, Hendersoni, heterophylla, 
Hodginsii, laurifolia, maderensis, minorca, myrtifolia, scotica 
and Shepherdii. Of the golden-leaved, aureo-marginata, ferox 
aurea, Golden Queen, Cookii, aureo-picta, and w r ebbiana are 
the best ; while of the silver-leaved kinds, Silver Queei, hands- 
worthiensis argentea, argentea medio-picta, argenteo-margi- 
nata, and pendula albo-picta are equally good. The tlree best 
hollies in the foregoing list are Hodginsii (green). Golden 
