vourable.

Lycium chinense (Box Thorn). A rambling shrub holding its own almost
anywhere.

[Illustration: _AVENUE OF ABIES NOBILIS GLAUCA AT MADRESFIELD COURT._

(_The avenue is quarter-mile long, planted in 1868; average height of
trees 60 feet and 45 feet apart._)]

Osmanthus of sorts. Holly-like evergreen shrubs.

Philadelphus coronarius (Mock Orange). Though less showy than some
others, this is decidedly the hardiest.

Phillyraea decora (vilmoriniana). A valuable evergreen with deep-green,
leathery leaves.

Pinus (Mountain Pine). This member of the Fir family is but a shrub in
stature. It is at home in bleak spots.

Potentilla fruticosa (Shrubby Cinquefoil). A low shrub that produces its
golden blossoms in July and August.

Prunus Laurocerasus rotundifolia. One of the hardiest forms of the
Common Laurel.

Rosa canina (Dog Rose) and Rosa rubiginosa (Sweetbriar) are general
favourites.

Rubus (Bramble). The cut-leaved, the double white, and double pink are
ornamental.

Spartium junceum (Spanish Broom). However bleak, this will produce its
comparatively large pea-shaped blossoms throughout the summer.

Staphylea pinnata (Bladder Nut). The bladder-like seed-capsules are
striking in the autumn.

Symphoricarpus racemosus (Snowberry). Grows anywhere, and produces its
large white berries in great profusion.

Ulex europaea (Common Furze). The double form of this is remarkably
showy.

Viburnum Opulus (Guelder Rose). A pretty native shrub.

[Illustration: _CEDRUS ATLANTICA GLAUCA AVENUE AT MADRESFIELD COURT._

(_Avenue is about quarter-mile long, planted in 1866. All seedling
trees, hence some difference in growth and colour._)]

CHAPTER XVI

CONIFERS (INCLUDING PINES) IN ORNAMENTAL PLANTING

Those who take a serious interest in their gardens and other planted
grounds are so rapidly acquiring a better comprehension of the art in
its wider aspects, and are so willingly receptive of further suggestion,
that we emphasise a lesson that we have often tried to teach, namely,
the importance of planting in large groups of one thing at a time, and
of a right choice.

There is no more common mistake made than that of planting just the
wrong things in the wrong places. Thus we see plantations of Spruce on
dry, sandy hill-tops, from whence the poor trees must look with longing
eyes to their true home in the moist, alluvial soil of the valley-bottom
below