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ese in quite a number of forms or varie¬ 
ties. There is one with very large glossy 
foliage, E. Japonicus var. macrophyllus, 
another with very small leaves, var. mi¬ 
cro phyllus, another one having an upright 
columnar habit, var. colmnnaris, etc. 
Very beautiful are the variegated forms, 
and as they can be used very effectively 
as ornamental border and hedge plants, 
they will prove valuable for our gardens. 
There are golden and silvery varie¬ 
gated forms with large and small 
leaves. The variety E. J. argen- 
teo — variegatus, has leaves edged 
with white, another form shows white 
blotches. The form E. J. aureus has 
leaves almost entirely golden yellow but 
when they get older they change mostly 
to a deep green. In E. J. aureo variega¬ 
tus, the leaves are blotched with yellow. 
There are other forms all very pretty. 
The Euonymus to do its best in our gar¬ 
dens needs a rich deep soil and during 
winter or in the rainy season an appli¬ 
cation of good fertilizer. All are small 
growing plants rarely exceeding 4 or 5 
feet in height. There is a scandent spe¬ 
cies, the climbing Euonymus (E. radi- 
cans ) common in middle and north¬ 
ern Japan, where it carpets the 
ground under forest trees and often 
climbs 20 feet high on the trunks, which 
it encircles with great masses of lustrous 
foliage. This fine climber is of great val¬ 
ue for decorating the bare trunks of pines 
and oaks in our gardens. I had most 
beautiful specimens of this species, also a 
number of variegated forms ( E. radicans 
var. argenteo — marginatus, with foliage 
bordered white; var. roseo-marginatus , 
with leaves bordered pink) but they were 
destroyed by a severe forest fire. This 
species requires shade and moist rich soil. 
Hydrangea Hortensia (the first as well 
as the second name are used in popular 
language)—is one of the greatest orna¬ 
ments of our gardens. Requires shade 
and rich moist soil. Attains a height of 
8 feet and is covered with hundreds of 
immense flower clusters in April, May 
and June. Growth very dense and bushy. 
The Japanese grow almost hundreds of 
distinct forms'of this plant and there are 
many of them in cultivation in this coun¬ 
try. The majority have beautiful rosy- 
red flower clusters but they all change 
to a beautiful deep azure blue, (or even 
into a kind of indigo blue) in our Florida 
soil. The following varieties are the best 
for our purposes. H. Hortensia — 
(first introduced from Japan in 1790 to 
France and named after Hortensia, the 
daughter of Empress Josephine and 
mother of Napoleon III). Common in 
our gardens. H. H. var. serrata , with 
serrated segments; H. H. var. nigra with 
dark purple or violet almost black stems, 
very distinct and beautiful. One of the 
best. H. H. var. Otaksa has white flow¬ 
ers, which do not change their color. H. 
H. var. Thomas Hogg is another fine 
form. These glorious plants deserve spe¬ 
cial plant sheds for their well-doing and. 
should be grown by the hundreds and 
thousands. 
Aralia papyrifera (Fatsia papyrifera) 
—A common and most impressive plant 
of our gardens. I remember having seen 
specimens 12 to 15 feet high and as much 
in diameter in Orlando years ago. In 
