320 TREES AND SHRUBS 



RUBUS (see p. 450). 



SMILAX. This group is not common in gardens, 

 but is interesting. They are a change from the 

 repetition of a few common things. S. rotundifolia 

 is a very handsome large-leaved Smilax with shiny 

 foliage, now and then met with as S. laurifolia or 5. 

 latifolia, from which, however, according to Mr. R. 

 Irwin Lynch, of Cambridge, it is distinct. All the 

 kinds of hardy Smilax form handsome leafy creepers 

 for walls, but in our climate they rarely produce 

 the rich clusters of red berries that often render them 

 so attractive abroad. 



SOLANUM. S. jasminoides is the most popular 

 flowering climber of the south-west, producing its 

 white bloom-clusters for many months in succession. 

 It is classed as deciduous in botanical dictionaries, 

 but is rarely bare of leaves, except after severe frosts 

 in the early months of the year. S. crispum and 

 S. Wendlandi will also succeed in mild counties ; the 

 latter has very large bluish flowers. 



STAUNTONIA LATIFOLIA (syn. Holbcellia latifolia). 

 This plant bears clusters of small greenish-white, 

 highly-fragrant flowers in March, and often perfects 

 seed-pods in the autumn. It is a rapid grower, and 

 its leathery leaves are rarely affected by frost. 



STUARTIA PSEUDO-CAMELLIA. A rare and very 

 beautiful flowering shrub now seldom seen in even 

 the best of gardens. It is a native of Japan, the 

 flowers being ivory white and perfectly cup-shaped, 

 somewhat like a single White Camellia. 5. pentagyna 

 comes from North America, as also S. virginica, but 



