84 MY SHRUBS 



typic genus of great beauty and interest. This is the Pink Broom 

 of New Zealand — a beautiful shrub worthy of a warm and sheltered 

 corner in full sunshine. It grows slowly but steadily when pros- 

 perous, and withstands severe cold. From New Zealand, few 

 pea-flowered plants come to us, and certainly none of them can 

 rival this very fine thing. I am fortunate in a piece that makes 

 good progress and blossoms generously during early summer. 

 Light, well-drained soil is probably the secret of success. 



Nuttallia cerasiformis is a good shrub, but it does not unmated 

 produce its little plum-like fruits, though countless flowers may 

 cluster on the branches in earliest spring. This Calif ornian is 

 polygamo-dioecious, whatever dreadful domestic arrangement that 

 may be. The result at any rate is a childless plant with me. It 

 makes a beautiful shrub when well grown. 



Nyssa multiflora — pleasantly named for once after a water 

 nymph, instead of an eminent deceased botanist — should be here 

 in my little bog. This North American is a small tree, but might 

 join my collection for some years if I could find it and prevail 

 with it to prosper. 



Ochna multiflora should be attempted in a greenhouse, for this 

 shrub from Sierra Leone is full of interest. The fleeting yellow 

 flowers are very fragrant, the fruits quite extraordinary. Upon 

 a fleshy crimson receptacle are placed the seeds — green at first, 

 then black. There is no more interesting or original plant. Mine 

 reached to 5 feet high with great rapidity ; then it became un- 

 wieldy, and was neglected and perished. A fallen seed or two 

 germinated in the stove where it was wont to dwell ; but the seeds 

 I tried to grow never came up. For a choice indoor collection 

 nothing more attractive than Ochna can be proposed. There is 



