S. FISSA.—Split-leaved Spiraea. Mexico, 1839. A stout, erect-growing shrub, about 8 feet high, with rather small leaves, angular, downy branches, and long, loose, terminal panicles of small and greenish-white flowers. The leaves are wedge-shaped at the base, and when young have the lateral incisions split into a pair of unequal and very sharp teeth. Flowering in May and June. In the south and west of England it thrives best.

S. HYPERICIFOLIA (syn S. flagellata).—Asia Minor, 1640. A wiry twiggy shrub, fully 4 feet high, with entire leaves, and small, white flowers produced in umbels at the tips of the last year's shoots. It is a pretty and desirable species.

S. JAPONICA (syns S. callosa and S. Fortunei).—Japanese Spiraea. China and Japan, 1859. This is a robust species about a yard high, with large lanceolate leaves, and small, rosy-red flowers arranged in corymbose heads. Flowering at mid-summer. There are several fine varieties of this species, including S. japonica alba, a compact bush about a foot high with white flowers; S. japonica rubra differs from the type in having dark red flowers; S. japonica splendens, is a free-flowering dwarf plant, with peach-coloured flowers and suitable for forcing; and S. japonica superba, has dark rose-red flowers. S. Bumalda is a closely allied form, if not a mere variety of S. japonica. It is of dwarf habit, with dark reddish-purple flowers.

S. LAEVIGATA (syns S. altaicensis and S. altaica).—Smooth Spiraea. Siberia, 1774. A stout, spreading shrub about a yard high, with large, oblong-lanceolate, smooth, and stalkless leaves. The white flowers are arranged in racemose panicles, and produced in May.

S. LINDLEYANA.—Lindley's Spiraea. Himalayas. A handsome, tall-growing species, growing from 6 feet to 8 feet high, with very large pinnate leaves, and pretty white flowers in large terminal panicles. It is the largest-leaved Spiraea in cultivation, and forms a stately, handsome specimen, and produces its showy flowers in great quantities. Flowering at the end of summer.

S. MEDIA (syns S. confusa and S. oblongifolia).—Northern Asia, etc. The pure white flowers of this species are very freely produced in corymbs along the shoots of the previous season during the months of June and July. The lanceolate-elliptic leaves are serrate, or the smaller ones toothed near the apex only. Within the past few years the species has been brought into prominence for forcing purposes, for which it is admirably suited. It forms an upright, branching bush usually about 3 ft. high, and is best known under the name of S. confusa.

S. PRUNIFOLIA.—China and Japan, 1845. A twiggy-branched shrub growing 4 feet or 5 feet high, with oval, Plum-like leaves, and white flowers. There is a double-flowering variety named S. prunifolia flore-pleno, which is both distinct and beautiful.

S. ROTUNDIFOLIA.—Round-leaved Spiraea. Cashmere, 1839. A slender-branched shrub, having downy shoots, and round, blunt leaves, flowering in July.

S. SALICIFOLIA.—Willow-leaved Spiraea. Europe, and naturalised in Britain. An erect-growing, densely-branched shrub, with smooth shoots, which spring usually directly from the ground. Leaves large, lanceolate, smooth, doubly serrated, and produced plentifully. Flowers red or rose-coloured, and arranged in short, thyrsoid panicles. It flowers in July and August. S. salicifolia carnea has flesh-coloured flowers; S. salicifolia paniculata has white flowers; and S. salicifolia grandiflora has pink flowers as large again as the type. S. salicifolia alpestris (Mountain Spiraea) grows fully 2 feet high, with lanceolate, finely-toothed leaves, and loose, terminal panicles of pink or red flowers. From Siberia, and flowering in autumn. S. salicifolia latifolia (syn S. carpinifolia), the Hornbeam-leaved Spiraea, is a white-flowered variety, with leaves resembling those of the Hornbeam. From North America.

S. SORBIFOLIA.—Sorbus-leaved Spiraea. Siberia, 1759. A handsome, stout species, 4 feet high, with large, pinnate, bright green leaves, and small, white, sweetly-scented flowers produced in thyrsoid panicles.

S. THUNBERGII.—Thunberg's Spiraea. Japan. The white flowers of this species smell somewhat like those of the Hawthorn, and are freely produced on the leafless, twiggy stems, in March or early in April, according to the state of the weather. They are borne in axillary clusters from buds developed in the previous autumn, and are very welcome in spring, long before the others come into bloom. The bush varies from one to three feet high, and is clothed with linear-lanceolate, sharply serrated leaves.

S. TOMENTOSA.—Tomentose Spiraea. North America, 1736. This species grows 2 feet or 3 feet high, has rusty tomentose shoots and leaves, and large, dense, compound spikes of showy red flowers. Flowering in summer.

S. TRILOBATA (syn S. triloba).—Three-lobed Spiraea. Altaian Alps, 1801. This is a distinct species with horizontally arranged branches, small, roundish, three-lobed leaves, and white flowers arranged in umbel-like corymbs. It flowers in May, and is quite hardy.

S. UMBROSA (Shady Spiraea) and S. EXPANSA (Expanded-flowered Spiraea), the former from Northern India and the latter from Nepaul, are well suited for planting in somewhat shady situations, and are very ornamental species. The first mentioned grows about a foot high, with rather large leaves, and cymes of white flowers on long slender footstalks; while S. expansa has pink flowers, and lanceolate and coarsely serrated leaves.

There are other valuable-flowering kinds, such as S. capitata, with ovate leaves and white flowers; S. pikowiensis, a rare species with white flowers; S. cuneifolia, with wedge-shaped leaves and panicles of pretty white flowers; and S. vacciniaefolia, a dwarf-growing species, with small ovate, serrulated leaves, and showy, pure white flowers. S. betulifolia and S. chamaedrifolia flexuosa are worthy forms of free growth and bearing white flowers.

STAPHYLEA.

STAPHYLEA COLCHICA.—Colchican Bladder Nut. Caucasus. This is a very distinct shrub, about 6 feet high, with large clusters of showy white flowers. Being quite hardy, and very ornamental, this species is worthy the attention of planters.

S. PINNATA.—Job's Tears, or St. Anthony's Nut. South Europe. This is a straggling shrub, from 6 feet to 8 feet high, with white, racemose flowers, succeeded by bladder-like capsules.

S. TRIFOLIA.—North America, 1640. This is distinguished by its larger white flowers and trifoliolate leaves. It is the American Bladder Nut, but, like the latter, can hardly be included amongst ornamental plants.

All the Bladder Nuts grow freely in good light dampish loam.

STAUNTONIA.

STAUNTONIA HEXAPHYLLA.—China and Japan, 1876. This evergreen twining shrub is not to be generally recommended, it requiring wall protection even in southern England. The leaves are deep green and pinnate, while the greenish-white flowers are fragrant, and produced in the beginning of summer.

STUARTIA.

STUARTIA PENTAGYNA (syn Malachodendron ovatum).—North America, 1785. This differs only from the S. virginica in having five distinct styles, hence the name. Under very favourable circumstances this is the taller growing species, and the leaves and flowers are larger.

S. PSEUDO-CAMELLIA (syn S. grandiflora).—Japan, 1879. This is of recent introduction, and differs from the others in the flowers being rather larger, and of a purer white, and supplied with yellow instead of red stamens. It is quite hardy in Southern England and Ireland at least.

S. VIRGINICA (syn S. marylandica).—North America, 1743. This is a handsome free-growing shrub, of often 10 feet in height, with large, creamy-white flowers, that are rendered all the more conspicuous by the crimson-red stamens. The flowers—like those of a single Rose, and fully 2-1/2 inches across—are produced in May. Quite hardy, as many fine specimens in some of our old English gardens will point out.

Though, perhaps, rather exacting in their requirements, the Stuartias may be very successfully grown if planted in light, moist, peaty earth, and where they will be screened from cold, cutting winds.

STYRAX.

STYRAX AMERICANA and S. PULVERULENTA are not commonly cultivated, being far less showy than the Japanese species. They bear white flowers.

S. OFFICINALIS.—Storax. Levant, 1597. This is a small deciduous shrub, with ovate leaves, and short racemes of pretty pure white flowers. A not very hardy species, and only second-rate as an ornamental flowering shrub.

S. SERRULATA VIRGATA (syn S. japonica).—Japanese Storax. Japan. A neat-habited and dense-growing shrub, with pretty white flowers that are neatly set off by the showy yellow stamens. It is an extremely pretty shrub, with long, slender, much-branched shoots, furnished with ovate leaves, and deliciously-scented, snow-white bell-shaped flowers, produced for nearly the full length of the shoots. So far, this shrub of recent introduction has proved quite hardy. S. serrulata variegata is a well-marked and constant form.

SYMPHORICARPUS.

SYMPHORICARPUS OCCIDENTALIS.—Wolf Berry. North America. This species has larger and more freely-produced flowers, and smaller fruit than the commonly-cultivated plant.

S. RACEMOSUS (syn Symphoria racemosus).—Snowberry. North America, 1817. One of the commonest shrubs in English gardens, with small, oval, entire leaves, and neat little racemes of pretty pink flowers, succeeded by the familiar snow-white berries, and for which the shrub is so remarkable.

S. VULGARIS.—Coral Berry, Common St. Peter's Wort. North America, 1730. This is readily distinguished by its showy and freely-produced coral berries. There is a very neat and much sought after variety, having conspicuous green and yellow leaves, and named S. vulgaris foliis variegatis.

The Snowberries are of no great value as ornamental shrubs, but owing to their succeeding well in the very poorest and stoniest of soils, and beneath the shade and drip of trees, it is to be recommended that they are not lost sight of. They grow and spread freely, and are therefore useful where unchecked and rampant shrub growth is desirable.

SYMPLOCOS.

SYMPLOCOS JAPONICA (syn S. lucida).—A small growing and not very desirable species from Japan (1850).

S. TINCTORIA.—Sweet-leaf, or Horse Sugar. South United States, 1780. This is a small-growing shrub, with clusters of fragrant yellow flowers, but it is not very hardy unless planted against a sheltered and sunny wall.

SYRINGA.

SYRINGA CHINENSIS (syns. S. dubia and S. rothomagensis).—Rouen, or Chinese Lilac. A plant of small growth, with narrow leaves, and reddish-violet flowers. It is said to have been raised by M. Varin, of the Botanic Garden, Rouen, as a hybrid between S. vulgaris and S. persica, 1795.

S. EMODI.—Himalayas, 1840. This is a desirable species, that forms a stout bush or small tree, with oblong, reticulately-veined leaves, and erect, dense panicles of white flowers, that are sometimes lilac tinged. The flowers are strongly scented, and borne in great profusion late in the season. There is a variegated form, S. Emodi variegata, and another named S. Emodi villosa, both good varieties.

S. JAPONICA (syns S. amurensis and Ligustrina amurensis).—Japan. This is of recent introduction, and is a decided acquisition, producing in summer large and dense clusters of creamy-white flowers. It is a very desirable species, and though coming from Japan seems to be perfectly hardy.

S. JOSIKAEA, Josika's Lilac, is of Hungarian origin (1835), and is so totally different from the others as to be well worthy of special attention. It rarely exceeds 6 feet in height, with dark-green, wrinkled leaves, and erect spikes of pale mauve flowers.

S. PERSICA (Persian Lilac).—Persia, 1640. This is a distinct small-growing species, with slender, straight branches, and lilac or white flowers produced in small clusters. The form bearing white flowers is named S. persica alba; and there is one with neatly divided foliage called S. persica laciniata.

S. VULGARIS.—Common Lilac, or Pipe Tree. Persia and Hungary, 1597. This is one of the commonest and most highly praised of English garden shrubs, and one that has given rise, either by natural variation or by crossing with other species, to a great number of superior forms. The following include the best and most ornamental of the numerous varieties:—alba, pure white flowers; alba-grandiflora, very large clusters of white flowers; alba-magna, and alba virginalis, both good white-flowering forms; Dr. Lindley, large clusters of reddish-lilac flowers; Charles X., purplish-lilac flowers, but white when forced; Souvenir De Ludwig Spath, with massive clusters of richly coloured flowers; Glorie de Moulins, Marie Legrange, Noisetteana, Duchesse de Nemours, and Vallettiana, all beautiful flowering forms that are well worthy of cultivation, and that are of the simplest growth.

The double-flowered varieties, for which we are much indebted to M. Victor Lemoine, of Nancy, are fast gaining favour with cultivators in this country, and rightly, too, for they include several very handsome, full flowered forms. The following are best known:—

S. vulgaris Alphonse Lavallee, with full double red flowers, changing to mauve. " Emile Lemoine, mauve-pink, suffused with white; very handsome. " La Tour d'Auvergne, mauve shaded with rose. A beautiful and very dark coloured form. " Lemoinei, nearly resembling our common species, but with full double flowers. " Leon Simon, light pink, mauve shaded. " Madame Lemoine, the finest form, bearing very large pure white double flowers. " Michael Buchner, rosy lilac. " VirginitE, whitish pink, nearly white when fully expanded.

President Grevy is one of the same beautiful group. The blooms are large, double, and produced in very massive clusters, and of a light bluish-lilac tint, when forced almost white. The first of this group, S. vulgaris Lemoinei, was sent out about 1884, and was then awarded a certificate by the R.H.S. The range in colouring of these Lilacs is rather confined, so that the various forms resemble one another in no small degree, particularly when the flowers are opened under glass. From the large size of the flower bunches, and the individual flowers being double, they are all of great beauty, and being quite hardy still further enhances their value for outdoor gardening purposes.

The Lilacs grow freely in any soil of fair quality, but a free, rich, and not too dry loam, would seem to suit the majority of these plants best.

TAMARIX.

TAMARIX GALLICA.—Common Tamarisk. India to Europe. This shrub often in favoured maritime places reaches to a height of fully 10 feet, with long and slender branches, and spikes of pretty, rosy-pink flowers produced at the end of summer. For sea-side planting, it is an invaluable shrub, and on account of its feathery appearance and wealth of showy flowers is well worthy of being included in our list of ornamental and useful shrubs.

T. PARVIFLORA (syns T. africana and T. tetrandra), South-eastern Europe and Levant, is a nearly allied species, with white, pinky-tinged flowers.

TECOMA.

TECOMA GRANDIFLORA (syn Bignonia grandiflora), from China and Japan (1800), is not so hardy as T. radicans, although in certain maritime districts it succeeds fairly well. The flowers are very attractive, being of a rich orange-scarlet, and produced in drooping clusters. Both foliage and flowers are larger than those of T. radicans. It wants a warm, sunny wall, and light, rich, and well-drained soil, and if only for its lovely flowers, it is well worthy of coddling and good treatment.

T. RADICANS (syn Bignonia radicans).—Trumpet Flower. North America, 1640. An old occupant of our gardens and one of the most beautiful wall plants in cultivation. It is a tall climber, of sometimes fully 20 feet in height, with graceful pinnate leaves, and handsome trumpet-shaped scarlet-red flowers, that are at their best about mid-summer, though the period of flowering extends over a considerable length of time. The stems are long, twisted, and wiry, and like those of the Ivy send out roots at the joints and so fasten the plant in position. Few climbing plants are more attractive than the Trumpet Flower, and being hardy in most parts of the country, and free of growth, is to be recommended for covering walls, and arches, or similar structures. T. radicans major is of more robust growth than the species, with larger foliage and paler flowers. The orange-scarlet flowers are produced in terminal corymbs.

TILIA.

TILIA VULGARIS (syns T. europea and T. intermedia).—Lime, or Linden Tree. Europe, Caucasus, and naturalised in Britain. Probably none of the Limes would be included in a list of ornamental-flowering trees and shrubs, still that they are of great interest and beauty even in that state cannot be denied. The common species as well as its numerous varieties have sweetly scented, yellowish-white flowers in terminal cymes, and are, though individually small, highly ornamental when fully developed. Other species of great interest when in flower are T. alba (syn T. argentea), Silver Lime; T. petiolaris, a curious and beautiful species; and T. euchlora.

The various species and varieties of Lime succeed well in almost any class of soil, but rich loam on sand is considered the most suitable for their perfect development.

ULEX.

ULEX EUROPAEUS.—Furze, Gorse, or Whin. This pretty native shrub needs no description, suffice it to say that it is one of the handsomest-flowering shrubs in cultivation. U. europaeus flore-pleno (Double-flowered Gorse) is even more beautiful than the species, the wealth of golden flowers almost hiding the plant from view. U. europaeus strictus (Irish Furze) is of more erect and slender growth, and less rigid than the common species.

U. NANUS.—-Dwarf Gorse, Cat Whin, and Tam Furze. This differs considerably from the common plant, not only in stature, but in the time of flowering. In this species the bracts at the calyx base are small compared with those of U. europaeus, while the smaller flowers are produced during summer, and when not a bloom is to be found on its supposed parent. It is of dense growth, the tallest stems rarely rising from the ground to a greater height than about 15 inches.

All the Furze family succeed admirably in the poorest of soil; indeed, a dry gravelly bank would seem to be their favourite haunt.

VACCINIUM.

VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM.—Canada to Carolina and Georgia, 1765. This is one of the most beautiful and showy species, with dense clusters of small, pinky flowers.

V. MYRTILLUS.—Whortleberry, Bilberry, Blackberry, and Blueberry. A native plant, with angular stems, ovate-toothed leaves, and pinky-white flowers, succeeded by bright, bluish-black berries.

V. PENNSYLVANICUM.—New England to Virginia, 1772. This has rather inconspicuous flowers, and is of greatest value for the autumnal foliage tints.

V. VITIS-IDEA (Cowberry, Flowering Box, or Brawlins) a native species, has racemose flowers, and red berries.

Other species that might be included are V. canadense, V. stamineum, V. frondosum, and V. ligustrifolium.

The various species of Vaccinium are of dwarf or procumbent growth, and only suitable for planting in beds, or on rockwork, where they will not be lost sight of. They thrive best in soil of a peaty nature.

VERONICA.

VERONICA PINQUIFOLIA.—New Zealand, 1870. This is one of the hardiest species, but it is of low growth, and only suitable for alpine gardening. It is a dwarf spreading shrub, with intensely glaucous leaves and white flowers.

V. TRAVERSII.—New Zealand, 1873. This may be considered as one of the few species of hardy Veronicas. It grows about 4 feet high, with deep green leaves arranged in rows, and white flowers, produced late in summer. It is a very free-growing shrub, of perfect hardihood, and one of, if not the best for general planting.

The above two species are, so far as is at present known, the hardiest in cultivation, although there are many kinds that will succeed well under very favourable conditions, and particularly when planted by the sea-side. Other half-hardy species might include V. salicifolia (Willow-leaved Veronica), with long, narrow leaves, and white or purplish flowers; V. ligustrifolia (Privet-leaved Veronica), with spikes of feathery-white flowers; V. speciosa, with erect spikes of purplish-blue flowers; and V. Andersoni, a hybrid form, with spikes of bluish-violet flowers.

The dwarf or alpine species might include V. cupressoides, with Cypress-like foliage, V. Lyallii, V. carnosula, and others, but such hardly come within our scope.

VIBURNUM.

VIBURNUM ACERIFOLIUM.—Dockmackie. New England to Carolina, 1736. This is one of the handsomest members of the family, being of slender growth and compact and neat in habit. It grows to fully 4 feet in height, and is well supplied with neatly three-lobed leaves, these in the autumn turning to a deep crimson. The flowers, too, are highly ornamental, being borne in fair sized clusters, and white or yellowish-white. It is a very desirable and beautiful plant, quite hardy, and of free growth in any fairly rich soil.

V. AWAFUKII.—Japan, 1842. This is another rare and beautiful plant, of neat habit, and producing an abundance of showy white flowers, that are, however, seldom produced in this country.

V. DAHURICUM.—Dahuria, 1785. This is a charming hardy species, which in May and June is covered with numerous umbels of showy white flowers. It forms a rather spreading bush of 6 feet or 8 feet high, with gray downy branches, and neat foliage. The berries are oval-oblong, red at first, but becoming black and faintly scented when fully ripe.

V. DENTATUM.—Arrowwood. A native of the United States, 1763. This can be recommended as a distinct and beautiful shrub, with cymes of white flowers that are produced in plenty. The leaves are dark green, smooth, and shining, and strongly veined, while the bark is ash-coloured, and the berries bright blue.

V. LANTANA.—Wayfaring Tree. Europe (Britain). This is a native species of large bush, or almost tree growth, with rugose, oblong, serrulated leaves, and large, flat cymes of white flowers appearing in May and June. The whole tree is usually covered with a scaly tomentum, while the fruit is a black flattened drupe.

V. LENTAGO.—Sheepberry and Sweet Viburnum. North America, 1761. This resembles our native V. Lantana, with dense clusters of white blossoms succeeded by black berries.

V. MACROCEPHALUM (syn V. Fortunei).—China, 1844. This is a Chinese species, but one that cannot be depended on as hardy enough to withstand our most severe winters. It has very large heads or panicles of white neutral flowers. Against a sunny wall and in a cosy nook it may occasionally be found doing fairly well, but it is not to be generally recommended.

V. NUDUM.—American Withe Rod. Canada to Georgia, 1752. This is also worthy of being included in a selection of these shrubs.

V. OPULUS.—Guelder Rose. A native shrub of great beauty, whether in foliage, flower, or fruit. The leaves are variously lobed or deeply toothed, large and handsome, and the flower heads of good size, flat, and composed of a number of small flowers, the outer only being sterile. Individually the flowers are dull and inconspicuous, but being produced in amazing quantity, they have a very pleasing and effective appearance. The great bunches of clear pinky berries render a fair-sized plant particularly handsome and attractive, and for which alone, as also beauty of autumnal foliage, the shrub is well worthy of extensive culture. It grows fully 15 feet high, and may frequently be seen as much through. V. Opulus sterilis (Snowball Tree) is one of the commonest occupants of our shrubberies, and a decidedly ornamental-flowering shrub. The large, almost globular flower heads hanging from every branch tip, are too well-known to require description, and have made the shrub one of the most popular in ornamental planting.

V. PAUCIFLORUM is a native of cold, moist woods from Labrador to Alaska, and may best be described as a miniature V. Opulus. It rarely grows more than 4 feet high, with small cymes of flowers, that are devoid of the neutral flowers of that species.

V. PLICATUM, from Japan 1846, is another very beautiful and desirable shrub, of rather dwarf, spreading growth, and having the leaves deeply wrinkled, plaited, and serrated on the margins. The flowers resemble those of the commonly cultivated species, but they are rather larger, and of a purer white. It is a decidedly ornamental species of easy growth in any good soil, and where not exposed to cold winds.

V. PRUNIFOLIUM, New England to Carolina, 1731, with Plum-like leaves, and pretty white flowers, is another free-growing and beautiful North American species.

V. PYRIFOLIUM.—Pear-leaved Viburnum. Pennsylvania to New Jersey, 1812. This is a rarely-seen, but very ornamental species, with oval-shaped, finely-toothed leaves, that are borne on short, slightly-winged stalks about half-an-inch long. Flowers sweetly scented, white, and in broad corymbs, the feathery appearance of the long, projecting stamens, each tipped with a golden anther, adding considerably to the beauty of the flowers.

V. RETICULATUM and V. LAEVIGATUM are rarely seen species, but of interest botanically, if not for floral beauty.

V. TINUS.—Laurustinus. South Europe, 1596. So commonly cultivated a shrub needs no description here, sufficient to say that the handsome evergreen foliage and pretty pinky-white flowers assign to it a first position amongst hardy ornamental flowering shrubs, V. Tinus strictum has darker foliage than the species, is more upright, rather more hardy, but not so profuse in the bearing of flowers. V. Tinus lucidum (Glossy-leaved Laurustinus), of the several varieties of Laurustinus has the largest foliage, finest flowers, and altogether is of the most robust growth. It is, unfortunately, not very hardy, probably in that respect not even equalling the parent plant. Usually it does not flower freely, neither are the flowers produced so early as in the species, but individually they are much larger. It is of tall growth, and rarely forms the neat, dense bush, for which the common shrub is so admired. V. Tinus rotundifolium has rounded leaves; and V. Tinus rotundifolium variegatum has irregularly variegated leaves.

VINCA.

VINCA MAJOR.—Band-plant, Cut-finger, and Larger Periwinkle. Europe (Britain). For trailing over tree-stumps or rockwork this pretty evergreen shrub has a distinctive value, the bright green leaves and showy deep blue flowers rendering it both conspicuous and ornamental. V. major elegantissima is a decided variety, the leaves being neatly and evenly variegated, and making the plant of great value for bank or rock-work decoration.

V. MINOR.—Lesser Periwinkle. This is of much smaller growth than the preceding, and differs, too, in not having the leaf-margins ciliated. The variety V. minor flore-albo has white flowers, those of the normal plant being pale blue; V. minor flore-pleno differs in having double blue flowers; V. minor foliis aureis has golden-tinted leaves; and V. minor foliis argenteis bears silvery mottled and very attractive foliage.

They are all of simple growth, succeeding well in somewhat shady situations, and in by no means the richest of soil. As they run about freely and soon cover an extent of ground they are rendered of great value for a variety of purposes.

VITEX.

VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS.—Chaste Tree, Hemp Tree, and Monk's Pepper-tree. A South European shrub (1670), growing from 6 feet to 10 feet high, with digitate leaves that are almost hoary beneath, and spikes of small violet flowers. It is not very hardy, although in some of the warmer parts of southern England and Ireland, fair-sized, healthy-looking specimens are now and then to be met with. As a wall plant, however, it succeeds best, and for which purpose, with its neat foliage and pretty flowers, it is peculiarly suitable.

VITIS.

VITIS HETEROPHYLLA HUMILIFOLIA.—Turquoise-berried Vine. North China and Japan, 1868. The leaves of this Vine are three to five lobed, and the small flowers freely produced in slightly branching cymes. The latter are succeeded by their most interesting and attractive berries, that ripen in September and October. They are pale china-blue, marked all over with very dark specks. The stems grow to a height of 4 feet to 8 feet, and should be trained against a wall in a sunny position to ripen the berries. The plant is perfectly hardy. The variety V. heterophylla variegata is a dwarf, low-growing plant with variegated leaves, and is used for pot work, for covering the ground in sub-tropical bedding designs, and might be used to great advantage for rambling over large stones in the rock garden.

WISTARIA.

WISTARIA CHINENSIS (syns W. sinensis, Glycine chinensis, and G. sinensis).—Chinese Wistaria. China, 1816. This is the only species at all common in gardens, and by far the handsomest in cultivation. It justly ranks amongst the most beautiful of hardy climbing shrubs, and is invaluable as a wall plant, or for clothing the bare stems of sparsely foliaged trees. The purplish-lilac flowers are produced in long, drooping racemes in early summer. W. chinensis alba has pretty white flowers; W. chinensis flore-pleno has not proved very satisfactory, but when seen at its best, which is, however, but rarely, the double flowers are both beautiful and showy; W. chinensis variegata has badly variegated foliage; and W. chinensis macrobotrys is a plant of great beauty with very long racemes of pale lavender flowers, but they vary a good deal in colour, those of some plants being almost white. It is a very desirable variety, and one that when better known is sure to attract attention.

W. FRUTESCENS (syns Glycine frutescens and Thyrsanthus frutescens).—North America, 1724. This is a very handsome deciduous climbing species from North America. The flowers, which appear towards autumn, are bluish purple and fragrant, and borne in erect racemes. It is quite hardy and equally suitable with the Chinese species for using as a wall covering. W. frutescens magnifica is an improved form of the species.

W. JAPONICA.—Japan. A bush-like species bearing white flowers, but it is rarely seen in cultivation. It is, however, quite hardy, and succeeds well in the bush state at Kew.

W. MULTIJUGA.—Japan, 1874. Resembles somewhat our commonly-cultivated species, and has pale purple flowers arranged in long racemes. It is a very ornamental and desirable species, but the flowers are not borne in great quantity.

The Wistarias are of simple culture, but succeed best in rather rich alluvial soil, and where protection from cold winds is provided.

XANTHOCERAS.

XANTHOCERAS SORBIFOLIA.—China, 1870. An extremely pretty flowered and handsome leaved shrub, but owing to its late introduction is not yet well known. So far it has proved itself perfectly hardy in this country, there being specimens at wide distances apart that have stood uninjured through our past severe winters.

The leaves are pale green, and pinnate, somewhat resembling those of the Rowan Tree. Flowers five petalled, creamy white, sometimes very slightly tinged with flesh colour, with a coppery red or violet-purple centre, and disposed in racemes. When fully expanded they are an inch across, and somewhat reflexed. It flowers early in April, with the appearance of the leaves, the blooms being produced in great abundance, in spike-like clusters fully seven inches long, and succeeded by a small green Pear-like fruit. This is one of the most distinct and handsome of recently introduced shrubs, and will, when more widely disseminated, be largely planted for purely ornamental purposes. It grows from 10 feet to about 15 feet high.

XANTHORHIZA.

XANTHORHIZA APIIFOLIA.—Yellow-root. Pennsylvania, 1776. A small growing shrub, with yellow creeping roots, from which suckers are thrown up profusely. The leaves are irregularly pinnate, and the minute flowers, which are borne in large, branching spikes, are of a peculiar dark purple colour. It prefers a cool, moist situation.

YUCCA.

YUCCA FILAMENTOSA.—Silk Grass. North America, 1675. A well-known and beautiful plant, with numerous leaves arranged in a dense rosette, and from 1 foot to 2 feet long by 2 inches broad. Flower scape rising to 5 feet or 6 feet in height, and bearing numerous flowers that are each about 2 inches deep. There is a beautiful variegated form of this species named Y. filamentosa variegata, and one with much narrower leaves than the typical species, and known as Y. filamentosa angustifolia.

Y. GLORIOSA.—The Mound Lily. United States, 1596. This is another well-known hardy species, with long, sharp-pointed leaves, and a handsome, much branched scape, of flowers that are each about 2 inches deep. There are several varieties, differing in colour of foliage, including Y. gloriosa glaucescens, with decidedly glaucous foliage; Y. gloriosa superba, with rigid leaves and a shorter and denser flower scape; and another with variegated leaves. Y. gloriosa recurvifolia is usually dwarfer in the stem than the type, and more inclined to branch than the other species, and less rigid, with recurving leaves that are not so sharp-pointed, The flower panicle is large and very much branched.

The Yuccas all do well if planted in light loam of good quality.

ZELKOVA.

ZELKOVA ACUMINATA (syns Z. japonica and Planera acuminata).—Japan. This resembles very nearly our common Elm in appearance, and being perfectly hardy is to be recommended for planting in this country.

Z. CRENATA (syns Planera crenata and P. Richardi).—Zelkova Tree. Western Asia to Mount Caucasus, 1760. This is a handsome, large growing tree, with oblong deeply-crenated leaves, and small and inconspicuous flowers. For avenue planting or as a standard specimen this is a valuable tree, being quite hardy, and of free and quick growth. P. crenata pendula is a good weeping form, and worthy of culture.

Z. CRETICA.—Crete. A pretty small growing bush or tree of about 20 feet in height, with crenate, leathery, dark green leaves, which are usually fully an inch in length. The leaves are hairy, and the twigs, too, are thickly covered with short grey hairs.

ZAUSCHNERIA.

ZAUSCHNERIA CALIFORNICA.—Californian Fuchsia, or Humming Birds' Trumpet. California and Mexico, 1847. A small-growing, densely-branched shrub, with linear-lanceolate silvery pubescent leaves, and bright red or scarlet tubular flowers, with a long, slender style resembling some of the Fuchsias. It is a pretty and distinct Alpine shrub, and not being perfectly hardy should be assigned a rather warm and sheltered position.

ZENOBIA.

ZENOBIA SPECIOSA (syn Andromeda speciosa and A. cassinaefolia).—South United States, 1800. This is a distinct and pretty hardy species, a native of swampy low-lying districts. It grows about four feet high, and bears pure white, bell-shaped, Lily-of-the-Valley like flowers in great abundance during the summer. In too dry situations it becomes sparse of foliage and unhappy, but grows and flowers freely in light, peaty soil. Z. speciosa pulverulenta is a very desirable variety, the whole plant, stems, foliage, and flowers, being of a pleasing light gray or white colour. Individually the flowers are larger than those of the species.



ADDENDA.

EXOCHORDA.

EXOCHORDA GRANDIFLORA (syn Spiraea grandiflora).—North China. This handsome shrub forms a much branched, spreading bush, about 4 feet to 6 feet high, and flowers abundantly in May. The habit is similar to that of a shrubby Spiraea, but the pure white flowers are as large as those of some of the species of Cherry, and quite unlike those of any known species of Spiraea. The flowers are liable to injury sometimes from late spring frosts, but the plant itself is quite hardy. As a bush on the lawn it is nevertheless highly ornamental and desirable.

MYRICARIA.

MYRICARIA GERMANICA.—Europe, Asia, 1582. A tall, somewhat straggling shrub, very similar to the Tamarisk, with terminal spikes of pink or rosy flowers, produced freely nearly all the summer. It succeeds well in this country in sea-side situations, and is often described as a Tamarisk by gardeners.

TREES SUITABLE FOR PLANTING IN TOWNS.

Acer macrophylla saccharinum Aesculus Hippocastanum rubicunda Ailanthus glandulosa Crataegus Oxyacantha flore-plena tenacetifolia Catalpa bignonioides Cerasus (Prunus), nearly all Gleditschia triacanthos Liriodendron tulipiiera Magnolia acuminata glauca Pyrus of sorts Robinia Pseud-acacia and its varieties viscosa Sophora japonica Tilia, in variet.

SHRUBS FOR TOWN PLANTING.

Amelanchier, in variety Arbutus Unedo Berberis Aquifolium vulgaris Cistus ladaniferus laurifolius Colutea arborescens Daphne Laureola Mezereum pontica Deutzia crenata gracilis Forsythia suspensa viridissima Griselinia littoralis Hibiscus syriacus Hypericum calycinum Hypericum nepalense Koelrenteria paniculata Leycesteria formosa Philadelphus Gordonianus Prunus nana Pyrus japonica Rhus Cotinus Ribes aureum sanguineum Skimmia japonica Syringa (nearly all) Ulex europaeus fl.-pl. Viburnum Opulus Weigelia rosea Yucca gloriosa recurva

TREES FOR THE SEASIDE.

Acer campestre saccharinum Arbutus Unedo Ailanthus glandulosa Aesculus Hippocastanum rubicunda Catalpa bignonioides Fraxinus Ornus

SHRUBS FOR THE SEASIDE.

Atriplex halimus Cerasus lusitanica Cytisus Laburnum scoparius Euonymus japonicus europaeus Fabiana imbricata Griselinia littoralis Hippophae rhomnoides Ilex Aquifolium Laurus nobilis Lycium europaeum Prunus Padus Rhamnus frangula Ribes sanguineum Rosa spinosissima Shepherdia argentea Spirea adiantifolia Syringa persica vulgaris Symphoricarpus racemosus Tamarix gallica germanica Ulex europaea Viburnum Tinus

THE FLOWERING SEASONS OF TREES AND SHRUBS.

The asterisk * after the name denotes that the species continues in flower for a longer period than the month under which it is placed.

JANUARY.

Erica carnea* Chimonanthus fragrans* Crataegus Oxyacantha praecox* Jasminum nudiflorum* Ulex europaeus* Viburnum Tinus*

FEBRUARY.

Cornus Mas* Daphne Laureola* Mezereum* Hamamelis japonica Lonicera fragrantissima* Magnolia conspicua* Parrotia persica* Pittosporum Tobira* Prunus nana* Davidiana* Rosmarinus officinalis*

MARCH.

Arbutus Andrachne* Berberis japonica* Erica mediterranea* Forsythia viridissima* Garrya elliptica Magnolia stellata* Nuttallia cerasiformis* Prunus Amygdalus* ilicifolia* japonica* spinosa* triloba* tomentosa Rhododendron dahuricum ledifolium Skimmia Fortunei Spiraea Thunbergi* Xanthoriza apiifolia*

APRIL.

Akebia quinata* Amelanchier alnifolia canadensis vulgaris Berberis Aquifolium* Darwinii* pinnata vulgaris Caesalpinia sepiaria Caragana frutescens spinosa* Ceanothus cuneatus* rigidus* Clematis cirrhosa* florida* Cornus florida Cytisus scoparius* Daphne altaica Blagayana Cneorum* Genkwa sericea Deutzia gracilis* Diervilla rosea* Drimys aromatica Fothergilla alnifolia* Fremontia californica Halesia diptera tetraptera Kalmia glauca* Laburnum vulgare* Ledum latifolium palustre Lonicera Caprifolium* tatarica* Magnolia cordata* Fraseri Lennei obovata discolor Pieris floribunda* japonica* Prunus Avium Juliana cerasifera cerasifera Pissardii Cerasus domestica divaricata Mahaleb maritima Padus* paniculata flore-pleno Puddum* sinensis Pyrus angustifolia baccata* floribunda* japonica Maulei Pyrus prunifolia* rivularis* sinica vestita Rhododendron campanulatum Rhodora* Rhodotypos kerrioides Ribes aureum* cereum floridum* sanguineum Rosa indica* Sambucus racemosa* Skimmia japonica Laureola Spiraea prunifolia Stuartia virginica* Syringa Emodi Xanthoceras sorbifolia

MAY.

Abelia triflora* Aesculus glabra Hippocastanum Arbutus Menziesii Berberis aristata* Bealei empetrifolia sinensis trifoliolata Wallichiana Calycanthus floridus* Caragana arborescens microphylla Ceanothus dentatus* Cercis canadensis Siliquastrum Chionanthus retusa virginica Citrus trifoliata Cladrastis tinctoria Clematis alpina* montana* Cornus canadensis stolonifera Coronilla Emerus* Crataegus Azarolus Azarolus Aronia coccinea cordata* Crus-galli Douglasii Oxyacantha* parvifolia Pyracantha tenacetifolia Cytisus albus* albus incarnate* biflorus* Daphne alpina* Deutzia crenata* Epigaea repens Fabiana imbricata Fraxinus Ornus* Mariesii Gaultheria Shallon Genista lusitanica pilosa* prostrata* Halesia parviflora Halimodendron argenteum* Laburnum Adami* Leiophyllum buxifolium* Leucothoe axillaris Catesbaei Magnolia acuminata* glauca Umbrella Ostrya carpinifolia Paeonia Moutan Pernettya mucronata* Philadelphus coronarius Pieris Mariana* ovalifolia Piptanthus nepalensis Polygala Chamaebuxus* Prunus Chamaecerasus pennsylvanica virginiana* Pyrus Aria* Aucuparia* coronaria germanica prunifolia sinensis Smithii* torminalis Rhododendron arborescens calendulaceum Collettiana ferrugineum* flavum hirsutum* molle ponticum racemosum Ribes speciosum Robinia hispida Pseud-Acacia* viscosa Rosa spinosissima* Rubus biflorus deliciosus spectabilis Sophora tetraptera Spiraea cantoniensis laevigata trilobata Staphylea pinnata* trifolia* Stuartia pentagyna* Syringa chinensis* Josikaea persica* vulgaris* Vaccinium corymbosum* pennsylvanicum Viburnum acerifolium* Lantana* Lentago* nudum* plicatum* prunifolium pyrifolium* Wistaria chinensis* multijuga* Exochorda grandiflora

JUNE.

Adenocarpus decorticans* Aesculus californica* Andromeda polifolia Bryanthus erectus Buddleia globosa* Lindleyana* paniculata* Calophaca wolgarica* Calycanthus occidentalis* Carpenteria californica Castanea saliva Catalpa speciosa Ceanothus azureus* Choisya ternata* Cistus crispus* ladaniferus laurifolius* monspeliensis* purpureus* salvifolius* Clematis lanuginosa* patens* Viorna Viticella Colutea arborescens* cruenta* Cornus circinata macrophylla Crataegus nigra* Cytisus decumbens nigricans Daboecia polifolia Diervilla floribunda* grandiflora* Escallonia macrantha* Fuchsia Riccartoni* Genista aetnensis* saggitalis Helianthemum halimifolium* lasianthum lavendulaefolium* Helianthemum pilosum* polifolium* umbellatum* Hypericum calycinum* patulum* Itea virginica Jamesia americana Jasminum revolutum* Kalmia angustifolia latifolia* Kerria japonica* Laburnum alpinum caramanicum Ligustrum japonicum lucidum* ovalitolium* sinense* Liriodendron tulipifera* Lyonia paniculata Magnolia macrophylla Myricaria germanica* Myrtus communis* Neillia opulifolia Olearia macrodonta Oxydendrum arboreum* Philadelphus grandiflorus hirsutus inodorus Lewisi microphyllus* Phlomis fruticosa Plagianthus pulchellus* Potentilla fruticosa Prunus lusitanica Rhododendron californicum campylocarpum chrysanthum Rhus Cotinus* Robinia dubia* Rosa alba* centifolia* damascena* gallica* lutea rubiginosa rugosa sempervirens* Rubus arcticus laciniatus* odoratus* Sambucus nigra Spiraea bullata* cana* chamaedrifolia* decumbens* hypericifolia* japonica* media* Staphylea colchica Stuartia Pseudo-Camellia* Syringa japonica* Tecoma radicans* Tilia vulgaris* Veronica pinquifolia Traversii* Viburnum dahuricum* dentatum macrocephalum Opulus* Yucca filamentosa Zenobia speciosa*

JULY.

Aesculus parviflora* Berberis Fortunei Ceanothus americanus* Clematis Flammula* Vitalba* Cornus alba alternifolia tartarica Escallonia floribunda Phillipiana* pterocladon rubra* Eucryphia pinnatifolia* Fuchsia macrostema globosa* Genista anxanctica* cinerea germanica hispanica* radiata* tinctoria* Gordonia lasianthus* Hydrangea hortensis* Hypericum elatum fasciculatum hircinum* prolificum* uralum* Jasminum fruticans* humile* Kalmia hirsuta* Ligustrum Ibota* Quihoi* Lonicera Xylosteum* Periploca graeca* Philadelphus Gordonianus satzumi Photinia arbutifolia Plagianthus Lyalli Philadelphus Lemoinei Rhododendron catawbiense maximum viscosum Rosa bracteata hemisphaerica Spartium junceum* Spiraea bella* discolor ariaefolia Spiraea salicifolia* sorbifolia* tomentosa Tamarix gallica* parviflora* Tilia petiolaris* Wistaria japonica* Yucca gloriosa Zauschneria californica

AUGUST.

Abelia chinensis* Calluna vulgaris* Catalpa bignonioides Clerodendron foetidum Erica cinerea* Escallonia illinita Gordonia pubescens Hedysarum multijugum Hibiscus syriacus* Hypericum oblongifolium Leycesteria formosa* Loropetalum chinense* Magnolia grandiflora* Nesaea salicifolia* Passiflora caerulea* Rubus nutkanus Sophora japonica* Spiraea Douglasii Lindleyana Vitex Agnus-castus

SEPTEMBER.

Arbutus Unedo* Baccharis halimifolia Clerodendron trichotomum Clethra acuminata* alnifolia Daphne Cneorum* Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora* Olearia Haastii Gunniana Photinia japonica Microglossa albescens* Tecoma grandiflora*

OCTOBER.

Berberidopsis corallina Berberris nervosa* Caryopteris Mastacanthus Hamamelis virginica* Lespedeza bicolor

NOVEMBER.

Azara microphylla Cassinia fulvida Chimonanthus fragrans* Jasminum nudiflorum*

DECEMBER.

Chimonanthus fragrans* Lardizabala biternata Viburnum Tinus*



INDEX.

Synonymous names are printed in italics.

Aaron's Beard, Abelia chinensis, rupestris, triflora, Adenocarpus Boissieri, decorticans, Aesculus californica, chinensis, flava, flava discolor, glabra, Hippocastanum, Pavia, Pavia atrosanguinea, Pavia humilis, Pavia macrocarpa, Pavia Whitleyana, parviflora, rubicunda, Ailanthus flavescens, glandulosa, Akebia quinata, Alabama Snow Wreath, Alder, the berry bearing Alexandrian Laurel, Almond, AbbE David's common, Aloysia citriodora, Aloysia. See Lippia Alpine Rose, Althaea frutex, Amelanchier alnifolia, canadensis, vulgaris, American Great Laurel, American Withe Rod, Ammyrsine buxifoiia, Amoor Yellow Wood, Amorpha canescens, fruticosa, Amygdatus communis, dulcis, Besseriana, Boissieri, Lindleyi, nana, persica flore-pleno, Amygdalus. See Prunus, Andromeda arborea, axillaris, calyculata, cassinaefolia, Catesbaei, fastigiata, floribunda, globulifera, japonica, Mariana ovalis, ovalifolia, pilifera, polifolia, recurva, speciosa, tetragona, Angelica tree, Aralia japonica, mandshurica, Sieboldii, spinosa, Aralia. See Fatsia, Arbutus Andrachne, Menziesii, Milleri, mucronata, photiniaefolia, procera, Rollisoni, serratifolia, Unedo, Unedo Croomei, Arctostaphylos alpina, Uva-ursi, Aristolochio Sipho, Aronia Thorn, Arrowwood, Asimina triloba, Aster albescens, cabulicus, Atragene alpina, Azalea arborescens, calendulacea, ledifolia, mollis, occidentalis, pontica, viscosa, Azalea. See Rhododendron, Azaleas, Ghent, Azara microphylla, integrifolia, lanceolata, serrata, Baccharis halimifolia, patagonica, Band plant, Bastard Acacia, Bastard Box, Baptisia nepalensis, Beach or Sand Plum, Bearberry, Beef Suet tree, Benthamia fragifera, japonica, Benthamia. See Cornus, Berberidopsis corallina, Berberis Aquifolium, Aquifolium repens, aristata, Bealei, buxifolia, congestiflora, Darwinii, dulcis, empetrifolia, Fortunei, gracilis, ilicifolia, japonica, Berberis microphylla, nepalensis, nervosa, pinnata, sinensis, stenophylla, trifoliolata, trifurca, vulgaris, Wallichiana, Berchemia volubilis, Bignonia capreolata, grandiflora, radicans, Bignonia. See Tecoma, Billardiera longiflora, Billberry, Birchberry, Bird Cherry, Bitter Sweet, Bladder Senna, Blue Apple berry, Blueberry, Bog Myrtle, Bour tree, Box, flowering, Box Thorn, Bow-wood, Bridgesia spicata, Bridgesia. See Ercilla, Bryanthus erectus, empetriforrnis, Buckeye, the, Buckthorn, common, Buddleia crispa, globosa, Lindleyana, paniculata, Bupleurum fruticosum, Butcher's Broom, Caesalpinia japonica, sepiaria, Calico bush, Californian or Western Allspice, Californian Fuchsia, Calluna vulgaris, Calophaca wolgarica, Calycanthus floridus, occidentalis, Canada Tea, Caragana Altagana, arborescens, frutescens, microphylla, spinosa, Cardiandra alternifolia, Carolina Allspice, Carpenteria californica, Caryopteris Mastacanthus, Casandra calyculata, Cassinia fulvida, Cassiope fastigiata, tetragona, Castanea sativa, vesca, vulgaris, Catalpa bignonioides, Bungei, Kaempferi, speciosa, Cat Whim, Ceanothus americanus, azureus, cuneatus, dentatus, pappilosus, rigidus, verrucosus, Cedrela sinensis, Celustrus scandens, Celtis australis, occidentalis, Cerasus Caproniana multiplex, Chamaecerasus, ilicifolius, Juliana, Launesiana, Laurocerasus, lusitanica, Mahaleb, Padus, Pseudocerasus, ranunculiflora, semperflorens, serrulata flore-pleno, Sieboldii, virginiana, vulgaris, Cerasus. See Prunus, Cercis canadensis, Siliquastrum, Chaste tree, Cherry, Bastard, common, ground, Laurel, St. Julian's, Chimonanthus fragrans, Chinese Akebia, Chinese Pear tree, Quince, Chionanthus retusa, virginica, Choisya ternata, Christ's Thorn, Cistus crispus, formosus, ladaniferus, laevipes, laurifolius, monspeliensis, purpureus, salvifolius, Citharexylum cyanocarpum, Citharexylum. See Rhapithamnus, Citrus trifoliata, Cladrastis amurensis, tinctoria, lutea, Clammy Azalea, Clammy Locust, Clematis alpina, austriaca, azurea grandiflora, cirrhosa, caerulea, Flammula, florida, Fortunei, graveolens, lanuginosa, montana, patens, sibirica, Viorna, Vitalba, Williamsii, Clerodendron foetidum, trichotomum, Clethra acuminata, alnifolia, Climbing Berchemia, Climbing Waxwork, Cockspur Thorn, Cocculus carolinus, laurifolius, Colchican Bladder Nut, Colletia bictonensis, cruciata, serratifolia, spinosa, Colutea arborescens, cruenta, orientalis, sanguinea, Comptonia asplenifolia, Comptonia. See Myrica, Constantinople Hazel, Coral Barberry, Coral Berry, Corchorus japonicus, Coriaria myrtifolia, Cornel, the, Cornelian Cherry, Corokia Cotoneaster, Coronilla Emerus, Cernus alba, alternifolia, amomum, asperifolia, Baileyi, brachypoda, californica, canadensis, candidissima, capitata, circinata, florida, Kousa, macrophylla, Mas, Nuttalii, officinalis, paniculata, pubescens, sericea, stolonifera, tartarica, sibirica, Corylopsis Himalayana, pauciflora, spicata, Corylus Avellana purpurea, Colurna, Cotoneaster bacillaris, frigida, microphylla, Simonsii, Cowberry, Crataegus arbutifolia, Azarolus, Azarolus Aronia, Celsiana, coccinea, coccinea macrantha, cordata, Crus-galli, Douglasii, glabra, nigra, Oxyacantha, parvifolia, Pyracantha, tanacetifolia, Cucumber tree, Currants, flowering, Cydonia chinensis, japonica, Cytisus Adami, albus, albus incarnatus, alpinus, biflorus, decumbens, Cytisus elongatus, incarnatus, Laburnum, nigricans, purpureus, scoparius, Daboecia polifolia, Danae Laurus, racemosa, Daphne alpina, altaica, Blagayana, Championi, Cneorum, collina, Fioniana, Fortunei, Genkwa, Laureola, Mezereum, petraea, pontica, rupestris, sericea, Daphniphyllum glaucescens, Date Plum, the, Desfontainea spinosa, Desmodium penduliftorum, Desmodium. See Lespedeza, Deutzia crenata, Fortunei, gracilis, scabra, Diervilla amabilis, floribunda, grandiflora, multiflora, rosea, Dimorphanthus mandshuricus, Dimorphanthus. See Aralia, Diospyros Kaki costata, lotus, virginiana, Diplopappus chrysophyllus, Diplopappus. See Cassinia, Dirca palustris, Discaria longispina, serratifolia, Dockmackie, Dogwood, Drimys aromatica, Winteri, Dutchman's Pipe, Elaeagnus argentea, crispa, edulis, glabra, longipes, macrophylla, reflexus, rotundifolia, Elder, Californian, Scarlet berried, Embothrium coccineum, Ephedra monastachya, vulgaris, Epigaea repens, Ercilla spicata, Erica carnea, ciliaris, cineria, erecta, mediterranea, scoparia, Tetralix, vagans, vulgaris, Eriobotrya japonica, Eriobotrya. See Photinia, Etna Broom, Eucryphia pinnatifolia, Eugenia apiculata, Luma, Ugni, Euonymus americana, europaeus, fimbriatus, latifolius, Eurybia Gunniana, Evergreen Laburnum, Escallonia floribunda, illinita, macrantha, montevidensis, Phillipiana, pterocladon, rubra, Exochorda grandiflora, Fabiana imbricata, False Acacia, Fatsia japonica, Fendlera rupicola, Fiery Thorn, Fire Bush, Flacourtia japonica, Florida Dogwood, Forsythia Fortunei, Sieboldii, suspensa, viridissima, Fothergilla alnifolia, Fraxinus argentea, Ornus, Ornus serotina alba, Ornus serotina violacea, Mariesii, Fremontia californica, Fuchsia globosa, macrostemma globosa, Riccartoni, Garland Flower, Garrya elliptica, Gaultheria nummulariae, nummularioides, procumbens, repens, Shallon, Genista aetnensis, anxantica, capitata, cinerea, daurica, elatior, ephedroides, germanica, hispanica, lusitanica, monosperma, pilosa, prostrata, radiata, ramosissima, sagittalis, tinctoria, tinctoria elatior, triangularis, triquetra, Gleditschia triacanthos, triacanthos pendula, sinensis, horrida, Glycine chinensis, frutescens, sinensis, Gordonia Lasianthus, pubescens, Grabowskia boerhaaviaefolia, Griselinia littoralis, Ground Cistus, Ground Laurel, Groundsel Tree, Guelder Rose, Gum Cistus, Gymnocladus canadensis, chinensis, Hagberry, Halesia diptera, hispida, parviflora, reticulata, tetraptera, Halimodendron argenteum, Hamamelis japonica, japonica arborea, japonica Zuccariniana, virginica, Hare's Ear, Hawthorn, the, Hazel, the, Heather, the Common, Hedysarum multijugum, Heimia salicifolia, Heimia. See Nesaea, Helianthemum formosum, halimifolium, laevipes, lasianthum, lavendulaefolium, libanotis, pilosum, polifolium, pulverulentum, serpyllifolium, umbellatum, vulgare, vulgare nummularium, vulgare barbatum, vulgare mutabile, vulgare grandiflorum, vulgare ovalifolium, vulgare hysopifolium, Hemp Tree, Hippophae rhamnoides, Holboellia latifolia, Holly, the, Honey Locust, Honeysuckles, Hop tree, Hornbeam, Horse Chestnut, Hortensia opuloides, Humming Bird's Trumpet, Hybiscus syriacus, syriacus vars., Hydrangea arborescens, hortensis, hortensis vars., quercifolia, scandens, paniculata, paniculata grandiflora, Hydrangea, climbing, Hymenanthera crassifolia, Hypericum Androsaemum, aureum, calycinum, elatum, hircinum, Moserianum, oblongifolium, Hookerianum, nepalensis, prolificum, uralum, Idesia polycarpa, Ilex Aquifolium, Aquifolium vars., opaca, Illicium anisatum, floridanum, religiosum, Indian Azalea, Indigofera Dosua, floribunda, Gerardiana, Itea virginica, Jamesia americana, Japanese Storax, Japan Medlar, or Quince, Jasminum fruticans, humile, nudiflorum, officinale, pubigerum glabrum, revolutum, Wallichianum, Jerusalem Sage, Job's Tears, Judas tree, June Berry, the, Kadsura japonica, Kalmia angustifolia, glauca, hirsuta, latifolia, latifolia vars., Kentucky Coffee Tree, Kerria japonica, Koelreuteria paniculata, Labrador Tea, Laburnum Adami, alpinum, caramanicum, vulgare, Lady's Bower, Lapageria rosea, Lardizabala biternata, Laurel, Alexandrian, American Great, Cherry, Ground, Mountain, Portugal, Sheep, Spurge, Laurustinus, Lavender, common, Lavandula Spica, vera, Lavatera arborea, Leather Wood, Ledum buxifolium, groenlandicum, latifolium, palustre, Leiophyllum buxifolium, thymifolia, Lemon Scented Verbena, Lespedeza bicolor, Leucothoe axillaris, Catesbaei, Davisiae, floribunda, recurva, Leycesteria formosa, Ligustrina amurensis, Ligustrum amurense, californicum, glabrum, Ibota, Ibota villosum, japonicum, Ligustrum Kellermanni lucidum, magnoliaefolium, ovalifolium, Sieboldii, sinense, strictum, villosum, vulgare, Lily, the Mound, Limonia Laureola, Linden Tree, Ling, the common, Linnaea borealis, Lippia citriodora, Liriodendron tulipifera, Loblolly Bay, Locust, common, Lonicera brachypoda, Caprifolium, flexuosa, fragrantissima, Periclymenum, sempervirens, Standishii, tatarica, Xylosteum, Loquat, the, Loropetalum chinense, Lycium barbarum, europaeum, Lyonia ligustrina, paniculata, Maclura aurantiaca, Mahaleb, or Perfumed Cherry, Mahonia Aquifolium, Bealei, facicularis, Fortunei, glumacea, gracilis, Hookeri, japonica, nepalensis, Neumanii, repens, trifoliolata, trifurca, Magnolia acuminata, auriculata, Campbelii, conspicua, conspicua Alexandrina, conspicua Soulangeana, conspicua Soulangeana nigra, conspicua Soulangeana Norbertii, conspicua Soulangeana speciosa, cordata, Fraseri, glauca, grandiflora, Halleana, Lennei, macrophylla, obovata discolor, parviflora, purpurea, stellata, tripetala, Umbrella, Yulan, Malachodendron ovatum, Mallow, Syrian, Mallow tree, Malus microcarpa floribunda, Manna Ash, Marsh Ledum, Mayflower, New England, Medicago arborea, Medlar, common, Menispermum canadense, Menziesia. See Daboecia; Phylodoce; and Lyonia, Menziesia caerulea, empetrifolia, globularis, polifolia, Mespilus arbutifolia, germanica, grandiflora, Smithii, Mexican Orange Flower, Mezereon, the, Microglossa albescens, Mitchella repens, Mitraria coccinea, Mitre pod, scarlet, Mock Orange, Monk's Pepper-tree, Moonseed, Mountain Ash, Mountain Laurel, Moutan Paeony, Myrica asplenifolia, californica, cerifera, Gale, Myricaria germanica, Myrobalan Plum, Myrtle, Bog, Common, Californian Wax, Common Candle-berry, Sand, Myrtus communis, Luma, Ugni, Neillia opulifolia, thyrsiflora, Nepaul White Beam, Nesaea salicifolia, Neviusa alabamensis, New Jersey Tea, Nine Bark, Nuttalia cerasiformis, Old Man's beard, Olearia dentata, Forsterii, Gunniana, Haastii, macrodonta, Ononis arvensis, Orange Ball tree, Ornus europea, Osage Orange, Osmanthus Aquifolium ilicifolius, Aquifolium illicifolius myrtifolius, Osoberry, Ostrya carpinifolia, virginica, vulgaris, Oxydendrum arboreum, Ozothamnus rosmarinifolius, Paeonia 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planting, Trumpet Flower, Tulip tree, Tutsan, the, Ulex europaeus, nanus, Vaccinium corymbosum, Myrtillus, pennsylvanicum, Vitis-Idea, Veronica pinquifolia, Travereii, Vinca major, minor, Vinegar tree, Venetian Sumach, Verbena, Lemon-scented, Verbena triphylla, Viburnum acerifolium, Awafukii, Viburnum daburicum, dentatum, Fortunei, laevigatum, Lantana, Lentago, macrocephalum, nudum, Opulus, pauciflorum, plicatum, prunifolium, pyrifolium, reticulatum, Tinus, Virgilia lutea, Virgilia. See Cladrastis, Virgin's Bower, Vitex Agnas-castus, Vitis heterophylla humulifolia, Wayfaring tree, Weigelia. See Diervilla, Weigelia amabilis, floribunda, rosea, White Bean tree, White Kerria, Whortlebury, Wig tree, Wild Rosemary, Wintera aromatica, Winter Flower, Winter's Bark, Wistaria chinensis, frutescens, japonica, multijuga, sinensis, Witch Hazel, the, Wolf Berry, Woody Nightshade, Xanthoceras sorbifolia, Xanthoriza apiifolia, Xylosteum dumetorum, Yellow root, Yellow wood, Yucca filamentosa, gloriosa, Yulan, the, Zauschneria californica, Zenobia speciosa, Zelkova acuminata, crenata, cretica, japonica.



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