. Popular deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, for planting in parks, gardens, cemeteries, etc., Evergreens; Trees; Shrubs. 88 LAWN AUD SHADK TEEE8. soil seems best to suit the wants of the box tree, and a partial shade &om southem suns is requisite to enable it to retain its EvBKGREEN Thokn—Pyrocantha.—The fiery or evergreen thorn—aratmguB pyracantha—^is an evergreen shrub, at present only to be found occasionally in some amateur's grounds, but highly deserving a place everywhere that ornament or beauty is sought to be created. As a single plant, it has rare attractiv


. Popular deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, for planting in parks, gardens, cemeteries, etc., Evergreens; Trees; Shrubs. 88 LAWN AUD SHADK TEEE8. soil seems best to suit the wants of the box tree, and a partial shade &om southem suns is requisite to enable it to retain its EvBKGREEN Thokn—Pyrocantha.—The fiery or evergreen thorn—aratmguB pyracantha—^is an evergreen shrub, at present only to be found occasionally in some amateur's grounds, but highly deserving a place everywhere that ornament or beauty is sought to be created. As a single plant, it has rare attractive features in its clusters. Fig. 45.—^Evebgreen Thorn. of vrhite flowers, blooming in the month of May, followed by round brilliant scarlet berries, that often remain on a great part of winter, and from whence its name of fiery thorn. In formino- low-growing hedges, it is one of the very best plants, as it is perfectly hardy, and bears the shears as well as other thorns. Our engraving shows a plant with a few clusters of flowers. Any good rich garden soil will answer to grow it. COTONEASTBB.—The cotoneaster is a family of plants that for. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Elliott, Franklin Reuben, 1817-1878. New York, G. E. Woodward


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