The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . his the best; the mystifolia, very narrow-leaved; the aurea, or golden variegated-leaved ; the wgentea, or silvery variegated-leaved. A sandy or light gravelly soilseems best to suit the wants of the boxtree, and a partial shade from southernsuns is requisite to enable it to retain itsfoliage. Evergreen Thorn—Pyracan ilia.—Thefiery or evergreen thorn—Crataegus pyra*cantha—is an evergreen shrub, at presentonly to be found occasionally in some am-ateurs grounds, but highly deserving aplace everywhere that ornament or beautyis sought t
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . his the best; the mystifolia, very narrow-leaved; the aurea, or golden variegated-leaved ; the wgentea, or silvery variegated-leaved. A sandy or light gravelly soilseems best to suit the wants of the boxtree, and a partial shade from southernsuns is requisite to enable it to retain itsfoliage. Evergreen Thorn—Pyracan ilia.—Thefiery or evergreen thorn—Crataegus pyra*cantha—is an evergreen shrub, at presentonly to be found occasionally in some am-ateurs grounds, but highly deserving aplace everywhere that ornament or beautyis sought to be created. As a single plant, it has rare attractivefeatures in its clusters of white flowers,blooming in the month of May, followedby round brilliant scarlet berries, that oftenremain on a great part of winter, and fromwhence its name of fiery thorn. In form-ing low-growing hedges, it is one of thevery best plants, as it is perfectly hardy,and bears the shears as well as other engraving shows a plant with a few 172 The Fig. 62.—Evergreen Thorn. clusters of flowers. Any good rich gardensoil will answer to grow it. Cotoneaster. — The cotoneaster is afamily of plants that for rock-work andpositions where they were not exposed tothe south, we have found in use very attrac-tive and effective. There are three or four varieties, all withwhite flowers, and all of a low, rather pen-dant and creeping habit, and their useshould be more generally adopted, espe-cially in rock-work, or as undergrowth inshaded situations. Andromeda.—Two varieties of androm-eda, viz.: floribunda and polifolia, are de-scribed by Mr. Fuller in his Forest TreeCulturist as worthy of extensive cultiva-tion. They are of slow growth, with lance-olate leaves and white flowers, formingpretty, low shrubs, and suited even to wetsoils. We have had no experience withthem. Euonymus or Spindle Tree.—This isa class of beautiful evergreen shrubs thatprove partially hardy about Ne
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