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four feet and profuse in blooming, the flowers pure white, 

 not unlike those of the hawthorn, and produced in May ; 

 S. bella, a pretty species from the Himalayas, flowering in 

 July and August and producing its flowers in terminal 

 corymbs, colour, bright red ; S. bracteata, an elegant 

 species, growing to a height of five or six feet, the 

 flowers white and freely produced during the summer 

 months ; S. canescens, a handsome species, of a similar 

 height to the last-named, the flowers white, in dense 

 corymbs, and produced during the summer ; S. disco/or 

 (syn. S. ari&folia), a handsome species, reaching a height 

 of six feet, and having white flowers arranged in elegant 

 panicles ; S. Douglasi, a handsome species, about three 

 feet high, and in August bearing terminal clusters of 

 rose-coloured flowers ; S. /apomca, a pretty species, 

 ranging from three to four feet high, and flowering in 

 June and July, the flowers rose-red and produced in 

 spreading terminal corymbs. There are numerous forms 

 of this species and the best is Anthony Water -er, which 

 has brilliant red flowers, and attains a height of about 

 two feet high \ S. Lindleyana, a robust species, reaching 

 under favourable conditions a height of ten feet, the 

 flowers are white and borne in large feathery panicles ; 

 this species attains its highest state of development in a 

 moist position; S. prunifoliafl. p/., an elegant form, with 

 long slender shoots, along which the white button-like 

 double flowers are borne very freely in March and 

 April ; 5. Thunbergi, an elegant species, two or three 

 feet high, flowers small, white and freely produced in 

 April ; S. Van Houttei, a valuable form, height about 

 five feet, blooming in May and bearing white flowers. 



STYRAX OR STORAX. The several species of Styrax 

 assume an arborescent form in their native countries but 

 in the United Kingdom they do not exceed in stature a 

 height of from five to eight feet. They will grow freely 

 in a deep loam and derive much benefit from an annual 



