TREES WITH BEAUTIFUL CATKINS 69 



JAPANESE WALNUTS 



Juglans sieboldiana and its close allies,/, mandschurica 

 and/, cordiformis, do not flower till May, but bear at 

 that time very remarkable male catkins. I have 

 measured them over one foot long, and hanging as 

 they do in goodly number from the branches, per- 

 fectly straight and cylindrical, they have a very 

 striking appearance, although green. All three 

 species are alike in their catkins, but differ in the 

 shape of the nuts. They are noteworthy, too, for 

 the imposing character of their foliage. The leaves 

 are pinnate, and on young trees grown in good 

 soil are frequently three feet long. They certainly 

 deserve the notice of planters. 



GARRYA ELLIPTICA 



From all the catkin-bearers hitherto mentioned, 

 this differs in being evergreen. It is also far re- 

 moved from them in relationship, and is closely 

 allied to the Cornels. At the same time the catkins 

 in external characteristics are very similar. Not only 

 the catkins but the plants themselves are unisexual, 

 and, as is usual with the catkin-bearers, it is the 

 male that is most ornamental. These catkins are 

 from four inches to eight inches long, and I have heard 

 of (but not seen) them as much as one foot in length. 

 The time at which the flowers expand depends, as 

 with all the early catkin-bearers, on the mildness of 



