[Illustration: _CORSICAN PINE TREE WALK, 35 YEARS OLD._]
Acanthopanax spinosum variegatum, pretty, white-variegated, dwarf, and slow-growing. Arundinaria auricoma, the best yellow-variegated hardy Bamboo. ,, Fortunei, the best white-variegated hardy Bamboo. Cornus alba Spaethii, probably the finest of all yellow-variegated shrubs, never "scorching" in the hottest summers. It is very handsome as pyramids, but by pruning a brighter coloured bark is obtained. Euonymus radicans, the white-variegated form of this plant is useful as a carpet in shady positions where grass will not grow. Ivy (Hedera Helix), numerous varieties, both shrubby and climbing--arborescens variegata, chrysophylla, discolor, maderensis variegata, sulphurea, canariensis argentea. E. radicans Silver gem is a larger leaved form, purer white and altogether better than many variegated Ivies. Jasminum nudiflorum foliis aureis and officinale foliis aureis, variegated climbers with yellow leaves; the latter is the more ornamental, but is delicate in constitution. Kerria japonica foliis variegatis, white. Lonicera japonica aureo-reticulata. The veins of this climber are beautifully "picked out" in gold. Osmanthus Aquifolium ilicifolius variegatus, a holly-like, white-variegated shrub useful in the milder parts of the kingdom. Osmanthus Aquifolium purpureus, the hardiest of the Osmanthus. There are two forms of this, one much darker than the other, and the darkest is the best. Pieris japonica variegata, white. Ribes alpinum pumilum aureum, golden in spring. Rubus ulmifolius variegatus, veins of the later leaves golden. Salix repens argentea, a prostrate silvery-leaved Willow, makes a pretty weeping shrub if trained up at first. Santolina Chamæcyparissus, silvery white entirely. Vitis heterophylla variegata, a pretty, blue-berried climber, but tender; the variegation is rosy white. ,, inconstans purpurea, a purplish form of the popular "Ampelopsis Veitchii." ,, vinifera purpurea, deep purple. Vinca minor, white and yellow-marked forms.
[Illustration: _THE FAMOUS ARAUCARIA IMBRICATA AVENUE AT MURTHLY, N.B._]
In planting trees and shrubs near the sea, two important matters must be considered--(1) fierce gales; (2) salt spray. As a protection against storms much may be done by planting quick-growing things, such as Poplars and Willows, and in this sheltered area more permanent trees and shrubs may be put. This way of planting for shelter where bleak places are to be clothed with trees and shrubs is universally adopted in some form or other, sometimes in the shape of hedges or belts, and in the other cases the plants are all placed much thicker together than they are to permanently remain, thus forming a compact mass against which the wind makes little or no impression. In this last-named case continual thinning will be necessary as they grow up, for if left too long the plants become weak, and the advantage gained by the thicker planting is then completely lost. A beautiful seaside shrub, and the best, too, for forming shelter hedges of low or medium height is the Tamarisk, which retains its freshness throughout the season till the autumn, however much exposed to the sea.