List of Ornamental Trees & Shrubs with Descriptions 81 



Eugenias E. jambos, the Rose Apple, is tender and only suitable 

 for Coast and warm Midlands planting; but here it is large 

 and handsome, with creamy flowers and edible fruit. E. 

 eucalyptoides, commonly used as a good hedge plant where 

 the frost does not exceed 10, also makes a very large tree, 

 with delightful deep green, shining foliage. E. myrtifolia is 

 a small compact tree with numerous flowers, followed by 

 multitudes of scarlet fruits, which are edible. 15 feet. All 

 the varieties are well worth growing for ornament. 



*Euonymus The golden-variegated leaved, and the one with 

 white variegation are to be recommended for the cold dis- 

 tricts; but on the Coast and in warm valleys they often get 

 badly infested with " red scale." They are for foliage effect 

 only. Of rather slow growth, bushy and compact, and rarely 

 more than 6 feet high. The type, " E. japonicus,'' is very 

 dark green and more vigorous, reaching to 10 feet. 



*Fal)ricia laevigata A pretty grey-foliaged shrub, with drooping 

 branches. 10 feet. 



*Fagus sylvatica (The European Beech Tree) Neither this type 

 nor the purple-leaved variety seem to do well with us, and 

 cannot be recommended as yet. There may be specially 

 favoured small districts with high elevation, good rainfall, 

 and good deep soil, where success may be attained, but these 

 are very exceptional conditions. These remarks also apply 

 to European Ash, most of the Maples, and Sycamores, and 

 English Elm. 60 feet. 



Fatsia papyrifera See Aralia. 



Flamboyant See Poinciana regia. 



*Fraxinus (Ash) As above mentioned, the English Ash seldom 

 does well in South Africa. But Algerian Ash (F. E. kabylia) 

 and American Ash (F. americana) seem to do better. Deci- 

 duous. About 60 feet. 



Ficus elastica One of the largest of the Fig family, with spread- 

 ing branches, deep green, large, glossy leaves, of leathery 

 thickness. Young specimens are very shapely and beautiful; 

 but older and larger specimens are more grand than pretty. 

 50 feet. There is a variegated-leaved variety, the leaves being 

 blotched white. As this grows large the variegation vanishes. 



*Forsythea suspensa Drooping shrub. The yellow flowers- are 

 numerous and are borne all along the branches in early 

 Spring. 



F. fortunii decipiens has a more erect and vigorous growth, 

 with solitary flowers of bright yellow, with long styles on 

 long pedunales. Hardy. 5 feet. 



Francisea See Brunsfelsia. 



Fuchsia riccartonii Many of the single-flowered Fuchsias make 

 large and handsome shrubs in the warmer and moist dis- 

 tricts. F. riccartonii is particularly useful for this purpose, 

 hardier than most varieties and making larger bushes. 

 Flowers are clear red and very numerous. 6 feet. 



