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Book: Landscape Gardening in Japan, 1912
Chapter: Chapter 11. Garden Vegetation

Box, Holly and non-conifrous evergreens

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Among non-coniferous evergreens are many varieties of Box and Holly, as;� Buxus japonica (Asama-tsuge), Buxus japonica, var. macrophylla (Kusa-tsuge), Ilex crenata (Inu-tsuge), Ilex crenata albo-marginata (Shiro-fukurin-tsuge), Ilex integra (Mochi-no-ki), Ilex rotunda (Kurogane-mochi), Ilex latifolia (Tarayo), Ilex crenata fulvo marginata (Cha-fukurin-tsuge), Ilex sieboldii (Ume-modoki), Ilex serrata (Hiragi-gashi), Ilex pendunculosa (Soyogo), and Ilex crenata macrophylla (Oba-tsuge). The gardeners also include under the terms Tsuge and Mochi the following fancy varieties:� Yanone-tsuge, or Arrow-headed-leaved Box; Keshiha-tsuge, or Grass-leaved Box; Kikko-boshi-tsuge, or Tortoise-shell-marked Box; Makiba-mochi, or Curled-leaved Box; Edo-mochi, or Edo Box; Toyama-mochi, or Toyama Holly; and Ao-mochi, or Blue Holly. Classed with these as Fukuro-mochi is the Ligustrum japonicum fol. crispis. There are also certain evergreen Oaks, such as:�Quercus acuta (Aka-gashi), Quercus cuspidata (Shii-no-ki), Quercus dentata (Kashiwa), Quercus glabra (Mate-gashi), Quercus seosilifolia (Yanagi-gashi), Quercus solicina, (Hosoba-gashi), and (Hira-gashi) Quercus glavca. Other evergreens extensively used in gardens are:� Cleyera japonica (Sakaki), Photinia glabra (Kaname-mochi), Ternstr�mia japonica (Mokkoku, Hana-mokkoku, and Tobera-mokkoku), Nandina domestica (Nanten), Camellia japonica (Tsubaki), Camellia sasanqua (Sazankwa), Camellia theifera (Cha), Camellia theifera, var. macrophylla (To-cha), Cytrus aurantium (Yudzu), Citrus bigaradia (Dai-dai), Citrus decumana (Zabon), Citrus fusca (Kikoku), Citrus japonica (Kinkan), Citrus nobilis (Mikan), Cupressus corneyana (Suiriu-hiba), Daphniphyllum macropodum (Yuzuri-ha and Hime-yuzuri-ha), Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Katsura), Cinnamonium camphora (Kusu-no-ki), Cinnamonium loureirii (Nikkei, Kinkei, and Tora-nikkei), Andromeda japonica (Asebo), Aucuba japonica (Aoki),�of which four or five kinds are known,�also Viscum album (Yadori-gi), Photinia japonica (Biwa), Olea fragrans (Mokusei), Olea aquifolium (Hiragi), and several fancy varieties of the Olea, called:�Ogon-hiragi, or Yellow-leaved Olea; Chirimen-hiragi, or Silk-crape Olea; Kin-mokusei, or Golden Olea; Gin-mokusei, or Silver Olea; Shiki-mokusei, or Olea of the Four Seasons; also Dendropanax japonicum (Kakure-mino), Silene Keiskei (Biranji), Cornus officinalis (Sanshiyu), and others.