512 DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. 



THE STUARTIA. Stuartia. 



THE STUARTIA. S. Pentagynia. A splendid native shrub, from 

 seven to twelve feet high, found wild in the mountains of the middle 

 and southern States ; long known, but only recently much planted 

 in this country. Its flowers, of a creamy white, from three to four 

 inches in diameter, appear in July and August. It is not quite 

 hardy in the northern States, and requires a sheltered situation, and 

 about the same protection as a chionanthus. It is a noble-flowering 

 shrub, and well worth the care required to grow it. It does best 

 in a deep, moist, sandy loam, and a shady spot. The foliage re- 

 sembles that of the dogwood, and in autumn turns to a dark red- 

 dish purple. There is a noble bush-tree of this species in open 

 ground at Parsons' nurseries at Flushing, ten feet high, and six- 

 teen feet in diameter. 



THE VIRGINIA STUARTIA, S. virginica, resembles the preceding 

 in general appearance, but is a smaller bush, and not quite so 

 hardy. It is a fine shrub when out of blossom, and very showy 

 during its blooming season, which is the same as the preceding. 



Both these varieties, where they can be well grown, are superb 

 acquisitions to shrubberies. They are reported not hardy at Ro- 

 chester, but do well at Flushing, L. I. Their very late period of 

 bloom, and their great showiness when in flower, will render them 

 favorites wherever the climate is such that they can be grown with 

 certainty. 



THE STAPHYLIA. Staphylia. 



THE BLADDER-NUT TREE. Staphylia trifolia. A shrub or 

 small tree, indigenous in moist places from Canada to South Caro- 

 lina. It sends out an abundance of suckers from the base of the 

 stem ; but if these are rubbed off as they appear, it forms a 

 handsome low tree. Flowers small, whitish, in May and June. 

 Leaf formed of three acuminate serrate leaflets. Nuts in a 

 bladdery capsule, white ; ripe in October. Height six to twelve 

 feet. 



