The =Butcher’s Broom= is a fine glaucous green shrub densely covered with sharp, prickly, leaves and invaluable for planting in shady places—indeed, in such positions it seems to be quite at home. There it flowers and fruits freely beneath half-standard rhododendrons where few other plants could exist, far less succeed. The twigs of this shrub were formerly used by butchers for sweeping their blocks; hence the English name. Some of the above plants, notably the =St. John’s Wort= and =Gaultheria=, may be considered as carpet plants, which, in contradistinction to general underwood, may be classed as evergreens, which, from their low, procumbent mode of growth, are scarcely in the true sense of the word suited for game coverts. To clearly define the difference would, however, be no easy matter, and, even were it possible to do so, would in the end be productive of but little good, as the habits of different plants vary so much that what is used in one place for carpeting purposes might in another and more favourable situation be equally valuable for game covert. A good example of this will be found in the St. John’s Wort, which, when planted out and allowed to ramble at will amongst bramble, privet, etc., forms a capital covert; whereas, when used in open, airy situations—such as alongside shrubbery walks—it soon forms a dense evergreen carpet, of so compact a growth as to be almost impenetrable even to ground game. In addition to the above-named plants, the following are well adapted for giving shelter to game:—Dogwood, Hazel, Elder, Arbutus, Cotoneaster of sorts, Juniper of sorts, _Pernettya mucronata_, _Rubus nutkanus_, _Taxus adpressa_, _Photinia serrulata_, _Kalmia latifolia_, _Garrya elliptica_, etc. These should be planted out in small groups—the more valuable kinds in the most conspicuous position, such as alongside or within view of woodland drives and shooting-roads.