desired. But it will
| | |succeed as well inland as
| | |by water. A splendid group
| | |may be seen near the pond
| | |at Kew, and for many years
| | |has made a beautiful winter
| | |picture in the gardens.
| | |Every winter the wood made
| | |the previous year is
| | |thickly cased with the
| | |bright orange-coloured
| | |berries, which remain on
| | |the branches all the
| | |winter, but later on, if
| | |hard frosts are
| | |experienced, they lose most
| | |of their brightness. It
| | |must not be forgotten that
| | |the flowers are unisexual,
| | |_i.e._ those of one sex
| | |only are borne on a tree.
| | |Male trees therefore do not
| | |produce berries, and to get
| | |fruit a female and male
| | |must be near. In each
| | |group, say of about
| | |half-a-dozen plants, one
| | |plant should be male and
| | |the rest female. This is of
| | |the utmost importance, and
| | |see to it before the plants
| | |leave the nursery. The Sea
| | |Buckthorn is a large shrub
| | |or small tree. A very
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