FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 461 



Tamarix gallica Northern portion Pink ; May checked they will reach 



(the Tamarisk) of the Old World ; height of 10 to 15 feet. There 



Tamariscineae are several forms of Tama- 



risk, by some considered 

 distinct species, and by others 

 as forms of T. gallica, but a 

 good deal of confusion pre- 

 vails concerning them. One 

 of the best (perhaps the very 

 best Tamarisk) is that known 

 as tetrandra or taurica, in 

 which the feathery plumes 

 are of a deeper pink than 

 the type. Other names that 

 occur are parviflora.chinensis, 

 and japonica, but given te- 

 trandra, as a rule no other 

 is wanted. 



T. germanica (Ger- Europe Pinkish A smaller shrub than the last, 



man Tamarisk), more upright in growth, and 



(Syn. Myricaria with a glaucous tinge; The 



Germanica) pinkish flowers are far less 



effective than those of the 

 preceding. 



Ulex europseus (the Europe ; Yellow The common Furze is known 



Furze, Gorse, or Leguminosae to every one, but its great 



Whin) beauty as a flowering shrub 



is apt to be overlooked, for 

 it luxuriates in dry, sandy, 

 and stony soils, where little 

 else will grow, and its golden 

 blossoms are borne usually 

 from February to May, 

 though occasionally through- 

 out the entire winter. The 

 double - flowered variety 

 flore-pleno is even more 

 valuable from a flowering 

 point of view than the type. 

 Both transplant badly, hence 

 the common kind is usually 

 sown where it has to remain, 

 and the double-flowered form 

 struck from cuttings in a 

 frame, and kept in pots till 

 permanently planted. 



U. nanus (Dwarf Europe Yellow Of dwarfer and denser habit 



Furze) than the common Furze, but 



its most prominent feature 

 consists in the fact that it 

 often commences to flower 

 in August, and continues 

 till Christmas, after which 

 the common Furze asserts 

 itself. The cultural items 

 appended to the preceding 

 species apply with equal force 

 to this. 



VERONICA. There are a vast number of Veronicas, all natives of New Zealand, and 

 garden forms raised from them, but many can only be regarded as hardy in the 

 extreme west of England and Ireland, whereas some of the hardiest are from their 

 diminutive growth suitable only for rockwork The best are 



