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Carpinus (Hornbeam) Betulus pendula. Corylus Avellana (Common Hazel) pendula. Quercus (Oak) pedunculata pendula. ,, ,, rubra pendula. * Fagus (Beech) sylvatica pendula. ,, ,, ,, miltonensis. ,, ,, ,, remillyensis. * Salix (Willow) Caprea pendula. * ,, ,, purpurea pendula. ,, ,, ,, Scharfenbergensis. ,, ,, repens argentea. * Populus tremula (Aspen) pendula. * ,, tremuloides pendula. * ,, grandidentata (American Cotton Poplar). (iii.) CONIFERS Cupressus lawsoniana glauca pendula. ,, ,, gracilis pendula. ,, ,, pendula vera. ,, ,, gracillima. ,, nootkatensis pendula. Cedrus atlantica pendula. Ginkgo biloba pendula. Juniperus (Juniper) virginiana pendula. Larix europaea (Common Larch) pendula. Thuya orientalis pendula. ,, flagelliformis. Taxodium distichum (Deciduous Cypress) pendulum. Tsuga canadensis pendula. Taxus (Yew) baccata pendula. ,, ,, ,, gracilis pendula. ,, ,, ,, Dovastoni. There is a fine specimen of this in Barron's nursery at Borrowash. CHAPTER XIII THE USE OF VARIEGATED TREES AND SHRUBS The best use of trees and shrubs with coloured or variegated foliage is not very easy to determine, though it may be possible to give a few useful suggestions. The usual way of planting them here and there among mixed masses of evergreen and deciduous growths is perhaps the worst way of all. All good planting must be done with much thought and care, and these plants of coloured foliage, that are necessarily more conspicuous than others, want the most careful placing of any. One excellent use of evergreen trees and shrubs with golden colouring, such as the Gold Hollies, Cypresses, Yews, and Privets is to make them into a cheerful bit of outdoor winter garden. The Gold-leaved Privet is a delightful thing in early winter, and though Wild Privet, untouched by the knife, is a deciduous shrub, the clipped Privets of our gardens usually hold their leaves throughout the winter. With these the variegated Japan Honeysuckle might be freely used, much of its yellow veining turning to a bright red in winter. _Cassinia fulvida_ is another good winter shrub with its tiny gold-backed leaves. The pretty bushes of this neat New Zealander are apt to grow somewhat straggling, but the crowded little branches are the very thin
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