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very trying to most evergreen plants.
The long life of the holly is shown
by the fact that som, OF the specI-
mems growing at Mt. Vernon are the
very trees which were planted by
Washington himself in 1885.
Another plant III the same family
IS the inkborry, Hex glabra. While
this plant does not grow 50 bis as
the holly, and produces black instead
OF red berries it is an eXcenent. gar
den plant and makes a very good
hedge. Its foliage is good all thru
the winter months and it keeps a
long while when taken into the
house. so that branches may be used
foi indoor decorations.
There is also 4 Japanese evergreen
holly, lex Crenata, which while not
hardy enough for the northern part
CT the country is a very fine plant
for the middle States and sections
South. II is handsome when used
as q specimen and when it becomes
q little more plentiful will prove an
exceedingly good plant for making
hedges that will keep green and
handsome all tire year round.
The West has an exceedingly love
ly native plant in the sO-caliod Ore
gon grape, which is really species
OF MahOnia. 1t is Il low-grOWing
plant and not easily surpassed as a
ground cover in sections where it is
hardy. which means south of New
England. Although not quite so
handsome, MahOnia repenS is much
harder, and soon spreads by under
ground stems so as to cover wide
space.
Ii is rather curious that the An
dromcdas are not more often seen in
gardens. The one often called
Pieris noribunda is we'll adapted even
to cold sections, and makes a round
TONED shrub sometimes four feet
high. 1t has small pointed dark
green leaves, and clusters of white,
bell shaped flowers. The flower
buds are fully grown in the autumn,
and remain conspicuous and orna-
mental throughout the winter.
In many parts of the country the
California Privet. Amur River Pri-
vet. and the Ibota privet are ever
greens and admirably adapted for
making living fences around subur-
ban 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 at
tractive 1t is such a general Gus
tom to shear the privets that many
PEOPLE never see their blossoms, ana
do not realize how handsome they
arc when in flowers.
Still another hroad-leaved ever
green which is used by gardners
south Of New England, is Euonymus
iaponica. the fine glossy leaves OF
which are q delight all the year
through. And finally there IS
Euonymus radicans vegetus which IS
really climbing shrub, and an eN-
ceedinglyuseful plant, the value OF
which is not fully appreciated as yet
BY amateur gardeners. This is the
very best substitute for the beautl-
FIJI English w in the north. IL VIII
cling to brck or stone as freely as
ivy. although for some reason II
does not grow we'll on cement. Al
fer a few years it will climb ten OF
fifteen feet high, and when well es-
tablished produces in the fall great
quantities of handsome fruits, very
much like those of the bittersWeetS,
a fact which has led many nursery
men to give this plant the common
name of evergreen bittersweet. Al
though it can be used on walls ana
buildings as described, and 1t also
makes an admirable ground cover
and have seen it used as a hedge,
being grown on wire fence six feet
high, and being so thick as to COM
pletelv hide every vestige of its sup
mort, The evergreen bittersweet is
an excellent plant to grow on sun
dials, and every garden amateur
should make its acquaintance.
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