64 Ornamental Shrubs. 



head. The branches are covered with light red bark, 

 which separates easily into a multitude of thin scales. 

 The flowers are large and showy, produced in terminal 

 clusters, and continuing from July to September. 



H. densiflorum is a shrub four to six feet high, with 

 numerous slender branches and a multitude of small but 

 conspicuous yellow blossoms in compound cymes. It is 

 comparatively new to cultivation, but bids fair to win a 

 place among our most popular sorts. It adapts itself 

 readily to sandy and comparatively barren soils, where it 

 often thrives ; but, like other plants, prefers more favorable 

 conditions. 



H. adprcssum is almost a creeper, and grows wild in 

 southern New England, preferring moist locations. As it 

 is indigenous to Nantucket and the islands of Vineyard 

 Sound, it will undoubtedly thrive anywhere at the seaside 

 where a low plant is desired for covering bare spots or for 

 edgings. It seldom rises above two feet. The leaves are 

 oblong, acute, and thin ; the flowers, bright yellow, and 

 covering the bush during most of July and August. 



H. patulatum is also a spreading St. John's-wort. It is 

 a native of Japan, and is probably, all things considered, 

 preferable to the preceding, though having the same 

 general characteristics. The flowers are bright yellow, 

 opening in the summer and continuing until early frosts. 



H. buckleyi is a native of the mountainous regions of 

 the Carolinas, and, though hardy in most parts of the 

 United States, is but little known. It is described as a 

 small shrub with slender branches covered with loose, 

 reddish bark. The leaves, green above and paler beneath, 



