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Tradescantia—continued. 
T. Martensiana (Martens’). 
Tank. 
T. multicolor (many-coloured). 
Zebrina pendula. 
T. Regine (The Secs J, distichous, lanceolate, acuminate, 
6in. long, whitish-green, with the central part and margins 
transversely veined with dark green, and washed with purple 
along the midrib; under-surface purple. Stems erect. Peru, 
892. (G. C. 1892, xi., p. 696, f. 102; I. H. 1892, t. 147.) 
T. superba (superb).* J. oyate-oblong, acute, dark green, with 
a whitish stripe on each side of the midrib; under-side 
purple. Peru, 1892. (I. H. 1892, t. 155.) 
T. tricolor (three-coloured). 
pendula. 
T. virginiana (Virginian). The correct name of T. virginica. 
There are many fine varieties, some of them of garden origin, 
the best being a double and a single blue, a double and a single 
carmine, and a soft pink. 
TRAGOPOGON. 7. crocifolius is the correct name 
of T. (Geropogon) glaber, and T. dubius is the proper name 
of T. major. 
TRAGOPYRON. 
(which see). 
TRAILING. Long and prostrate, but not rooting. 
TRAMA AURICULZ. 
Pests. 
TREASURE FLOWER. 
TREE CARROT. See Thapsia edulis. 
TREE CELANDINE. Sce Bocconia frutescens. 
TREE ONIONS. See Onion. 
TREE-ROOT ROT. 
Agaric. 
TREES AND SHRUBS. The Tree- and Shrub- 
life of foreign climes has adorned onr gardens ever since 
travellers began to send over things which they con- 
sidered worthy of use here. Japan, China, New Zealand, 
A synonym of Callisia Martens- 
A garden name for a form of 
A garden name for Zebrina 
Included under 
Atraphaxis 
See Auricula—Insect 
See Gazania. 
See Agaricus and Honey 
the Himalayas, and other temperate lands contribute 
Trees which rank amongst the most beautiful objects 
of the garden and park, and some of them _ are 
becoming so familiar that we 
they are indigenous. We cherish Trees, too, for their 
varied forms. Some are erect, as the Lombardy Poplar ; 
others are like the spreading Oak and the purple-leaved 
Beech ; while the Willow touches the water's surface 
with its slender branches: a delightful variety indeed, and 
indispensable in the well-planted garden. 
A hundred Shrubs also are at hand to embellish the 
English garden: Shrubs of beauty in some form, whether 
it be their flowers in spring and summer, or their foliage 
in autumn, when Nature paints them with crimson, brown, 
yellow, and other rich tints. We may select from among 
the ornamental Plums, Deutzias, Mock Oranges, the sea- 
loving Escallonias, Cytisus, Berberis, Diervillas, Olearias, 
Spireas, Kalmias, Azaleas, and many others; but variety 
is useless if good taste is wanting. A common shrubbery 
is usually a place in which beautiful things are crowded 
together without reason, throttling each other in their 
endeavours to reveal their trne characters. The culti- 
yator’s aim should be to let everything in the garden 
tell its own tale, and he should never forget that in bold 
grouping the most artistic picture is secured. It is 
colour-effect that the planter should most think of, 
avoiding unpleasant contrasts. We have often wondered 
that the majority of gardeners and others have never 
dipped more deeply into the rich store-honse of Trees and 
Shrubs, but have confined themselyes to a few kinds, 
which one wearies of because so frequently repeated. One 
misses the variety that a good selection gives, not only 
in form, but also in colonring, from the silvery-grey of 
the Willow, through shades of green, to even the deepest 
purple ; while, in the form of the leaf, we see the same 
wonderful range. 
Amongst deciduous kinds for winter 
specially mention the yellow-stemmed 
Ash. the red-barked Cornus, Willow, and Berberis, the 
silver-barked Birch, Rubus (Bramble), and in a less 
degree the silvery Poplar and the native Sea Buekthorn. 
The Alders, Willows, and Nuts are also effective becanse 
are almost led to believe 
would 
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Trees and Shrubs—continued. 
of the freedom with which their elegant catkins are borne 
on the leafless branches. 
Of Trees and Shrubs that blossom during the winter the 
following are specially meritorious: A good-sized plant 
of Chimonanthus (Winter Sweet), with its 
deliciously-scented blossoms, is always welcome in 
December; while the elegant and pendulous catkins of 
Garrya elliptica, borne at the tips of the evergreen shoots, 
the fragrant Lonicera Standishii, Arbutus (Strawberry 
Tree) of sorts, and the naked-flowered Jasmine (Jasminum 
nudiflorum) are of great value at this season. The 
deciduous Daphne (D. Mezerewm), with its white- and 
pink-flowered varieties, Hamamelis arborea (Japanese 
Witch Hazel), Viburnwm Tinus (Laurustinus), the white- 
and pink-blossomed Heaths (Hrica carnea and EF. c. alba), 
as well as Berberis japonica, are too precious to pass by 
unnoticed. These are followed by a couple of exceptionally 
fragrans 
Fig, 722. PRUNUS (CERASUS) PSEUDO-CERASUS, 
free-flowering Rhododendrons, viz., R. dauricum and 
R. precov. Prunus (Persica) Davidiana, one of the most 
charming of early spring-flowering trees, is generally in 
blossom about the middle of February. Although not 
showy, the elusters of small yellow flowers of Cornus mas 
(Cornelian Cherry) are effective, especially if a suitable 
background of evergreen Shrubs is afforded. 
Amongst spring-flowering Trees and Shrubs are many 
gems suitable for decorative planting—Forsythias, Pieris 
(Andromeda), Nuttallia cerasiformis, Pyruses, Magnolias 
(deciduous), the fragrant Corylopsis spicata, Almonds, 
Peaches, Cherries, Plums, Thorns, and Amelanchiers are 
a few of the spring-flowering treasures. : 
Some Trees and Shrubs are conspicuons for the splendid 
colours assumed by the leaves before they fall off, and in 
this respect Quercus coceinea (Scarlet Oak), Q. conferta, 
Q. rubra, Azaleas, Acer pal- 
matum varieties, Rhus R. glabra, 
Berberis Thwnbergi, B. atvopur- 
rubrum, A, circinatwm, A, 
typhina, R. 
vulgaris, 
cotinius, 
Huonymus 
