Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-09
GARDEN SHRUBS THAT ARE ALWAYS GREEN

at Mt. Vernon are the very trees which ] were planted by Washington himself about 17s5,
 Another good plant in the same fam fly is the InkbeFFy, Hex glabra. While this plant does not grew so big as the holly, and produces black instead of red
 berries, 1t Is an excellent garden plant
 and makes very good hedge. It's fol- sage Is good all through the winter
 months. and t keeps a long while when taken into the house, so that branches
 may be used for indoor decorations. There is also Japanese evergreen
 holly, Hex crenata, which while not har- dy enough for the northern part of the country Is a very fine plant for the mid
 de states and sections south. It IS | handsome when used. as a specimen, and
 when it becomes 8 little more plentiful
 will prove an exceedingly good plant
 for making hedges that will keep green and handsome all the year round
 1 The west has an exeeedingty. lovely ' native plant in the so-caaled Oregon grape. which is really a sneeies of Ma henia. It Is a lew-gFowing plant, and
 not easily surpassed as ground cover 1 in sections where 1t is hardy. which
 means south of New England. Although
 not quite So handsome, Mahonia' repens Ills much haRdieF, and soon spreads by
 underground stems So aA to cover a wide space
 It is rather curious that the Andreme- ldas are not more often seen in gardens. The one often called Pieris feribunda is well adaPted even to cold sections, and ImaKes a round-toFped shrub sometimes four feet high. 1t has small pointed dark green leaves, and clusters of white, lbell shaped flowers. The flower buds are
 fully grown in the autumn, and remain conspicuous and ornamental throughout the winter.
 In many parts of the country the Cali
 fornia Privet. Amur Riyer-Privet, and the Bota privet are eversreens and ad-
 mrabdy adopted for making living fences around suburban plots Of course when they are trimmed they do not show their wealth of bloom but when allowed to grow naturally, produce creamy blossom } clusters which are highly attractive. Il Is such a general custom to shear the } pr1vets that many people never see their blossoms, and do not realize how hand. some they are when in flower.
 } Still another broad]eayed evergreen } which is used by gardeners south of New England, is Euonymus jspoHica, the fine | glossy leaves of which are a delight al the year through. And finally there is ' Euonymus radicans vegetus which is re ally a climbing shrub, and an exceeding } iy useful plant. the value of which Is no' , fully appreciated as yet by amateur gar = fdeners. This is the very best substitute
 for the beautiful English ivy in th' t Enorth. It will cling to brick or stone a. ] freely as ivy, although for some reasor Q 1t does not grow we'll on cement. Afte \ a few years it will climb ten or fiftee1 8 feet high, and when we'll established a produces in the fall great quantities O r handsome fruits, very much like thos d | of the bfttersweet, a fact which has le' e many nurseFymen to give this plant tn y common name of evergreen bittersweet e Although it can be used on walls an' e buildings as described, and it also make s an admirable ground cover, and I hav
 seen 1t used as a hedge. being grown ol a wire fence six feet high, and being 8 n thick as to completely hide every vest h tge of it's support. The evergreen bit i. tersweet Is an excellent plant to groN l. on sun diais, and every garden amateu r. should make Its acquaintance.