CRATAEGUS. Thorn 
C. Pyracantha. Evergreen Thorn. Though sometimes attaining good 
height, this is really in the shrub class, and it is a most desirable, though 
greatly neglected, ornamental Thorn. A dense grower, with sturdy branchlets 
armed with stout thorns. The deep shining green foliage is highly attractive 
and is retained throughout the year, but its beauty is greatly enhanced by 
the brilliant scarlet berries, each as large as a pea, and produced in cymes 
which last until spring. We recommend this strongly as a specimen, for bed¬ 
ding, winter forcing, and for hedges. 
C. Pyracantha, var. Lelandi. Leland’s Evergreen Thorn. Evergreen and 
similar in growth to C. pyracantha , but the cymes of berries are larger and the 
fruit a beautiful orange-red. 
DAPHNE 
D. Cneorum. Garland Flower. Aspreading and somewhat trailing shrub. 
Foliage dark green above, glaucous beneath. In April and May it produces 
pretty, pink, sweet-scented flowers, sometimes continuing throughout the 
summer. 
EUONYMUS 
E. Japonica. Japanese Euonymus. A half-hardy evergreen of close, com¬ 
pact growth and heavy dark green foliage. Desirable for window-boxes or 
for pot decoration. 
E. Japonica, var. argentea. Silvery Euonymus. A good-growing sort, of 
which the margins of the leaves are marked with a band of creamy white. 
E. Japonica, var. aurea. Golden Euonymus. Not quite as strong a 
grower as E. Japonica , but of a good golden color. 
E. Japonica, var. aurea variegata. Golden Variegated Euonymus. Pos¬ 
sibly the hardiest of this family. A good, close grower and exceptionally attrac¬ 
tive, as the dark green foliage is margined with a band of deep golden yellow. 
E. radicans. See Trailing Plants. 
E. radicans, var. See Trailing Plants. 
ILEX. Holly 
I. aquifolium. Common English Holly. In cultivation in this country it 
rarely exceeds a shrub in size. It forms a pyramidal head ; the glossy green 
foliage is waved with strong spiny teeth. 
I. crenata. Japanese Holly. Few of Japan’s introductions arc so valuable 
and so little known; for though not of recent introduction, it was not widely 
used until brought forward by us. The plant is a loose, rapid grower of 
the hardiest sort, standing any exposure and any but a wet soil. It transplants 
easily, and the large, deep dark green, glossy foliage, with which its branches 
are densely clothed, makes it the richest foliaged shrub now offered. The 
berries, inky black, are borne in quantities. (See engraving on title-page.) 
I. crenata, var. latifolia. Broad-Leaved Japan Holly. Of more upright 
growth than the type ; foliage more oblong and glossy green. 
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