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nut, the Fern-leaved beech, the Oak-leaved hydrangea, 
the Red-twigged dogwood, the Double Japan quince, 
the Deutzia gracilis, and the different hardy English 
and Belgic azaleas, among the deciduous shrubs. And 
among the evergreens, the English and Irish yews, the 
different Junipers, the different Arbor- vitae, the Weep- 
ing cypress ( Gupressus oblong a jpendula ), the eight or 
ten varieties of Dwarf firs, the Thuiopsis borealis, 
a beautiful and hardy plant from Baffin’s Bay ; the 
Hemlock, if kept clipped and bushy, the various Rho- 
dodendrons, especially the Catawbiensis / the Laurel- 
leaved holly ( Ilex laurifolia ), the American holly, and 
finally that most valuable of all shrubs, the Berberis 
mahonia. By a tasteful and judicious massing and 
grouping of the above plants, with occasionally a single 
specimen by itself alone, as the English yew, or Dwarf 
horse-chestnut, or Fern-leaf beech, a very pretty and 
ornamental effect may be produced, without shutting 
out the light of heaven, as is too often done by tall 
sparse trees, with long naked stems, producing no other 
sensation but a shudder at their ugliness. 
In submitting the annexed list of the newer shrubs, we 
regret our space will not allow us to do much more 
than to enumerate their names ; merely premising that 
the most desirable are those we have already just 
mentioned above. 
Aralia Japonica , a new variety of A. spinosa (Hercules’ 
club), but much finer in foliage, and very highly esteemed in 
England ; hardy. 
A. papyripera (the Chinese Rice-paper plant). — We have 
but recently imported this, and do not yet know its hardihood; 
it has superb leaves some three feet or more in diameter. 
Ceanothus . — The ceanothus, of which there are several varie- 
ties, are beautiful shrubs, with white or blue clusters of 
flowers. 
Cornus variegata (the Variegated-leaved dogwood). — A very 
