360 List of Shrubs 



E. Japonicus Linn. (164), the best in form, with its gracefully droop- 

 ing branches (although sometimes upright), six to ten feet in height, is 

 an evergreen, with pink fruit and very dark, glossy leaves, holding their 

 brilliancy into winter; half hardy, but adapted to seashore planting as 

 far north as New Jersey. A variety, E. micro phyllus, is valuable for 

 low hedges. 



E. radicans Sieb. (165), also from Japan, is a low, prostrate shrub 

 or climber, trailing along the ground, evergreen, with small, myrtle- 

 like leaves, bright green in color, and pink and scarlet fruit; perfectly 

 hardy (not in Ottawa), and may be substituted with great satisfaction 

 for the less hardy English ivy, as a wall vine and for ground cover, 

 especially in shady locations. A variety, variegala (165(2), has the 

 foliage touched with silvery white. 



E. alatus Maxim. (166), a new introduction from Japan, quite hardy, 

 is a large shrub (six to eight feet), of most desirable character, with 

 corky, winged branches, brilliant scarlet berries, fine foliage, turning 

 gorgeously into pink to dark red, and peculiarly pinkish-hued buds. 

 It is especially valuable for a specimen plant and accent work. 



Fraxinus (Ash), see Trees [List B]. 



Fringetree (Chionanthus), see Trees [List C]. 



Gardenia. Cape Jessamine. All the sixty species of this genus are 

 from the southern latitudes of China, India, South Africa, and hence 

 only fit for southern planting as far north as Virginia; but make excel- 

 lent house plants in the north. They are evergreen, with deliciously 

 fragrant, large, white, waxy, funnel-shaped flowers, in constant suc- 

 cession. They are most readily grown, but are very subject to insects. 



The best known are: 



G. jasminoides Ellis (167), the true Cape Jessamine, the bushy species 

 coming from China, which nurserymen split up into distinct forms, 

 namely: 



G. florida, (168), with double, solitary, terminal flowers, beginning 

 in midsummer; also an earlier flowering variety, Fortunei (i68a); 



G. radicans (169), the tree form from Japan, the earliest bloomer 

 (June), with salver-shaped flowers; 



G. nitida (170), a low, compact (two to three feet), still later flower- 

 ing bush (October to November), with attractive glossy, oblong 

 foliage. 



Hibiscus (Althea). Mallow. Some hundred species of shrubs and 

 herbs and a large number of varieties, mostly of tropical and sub- 



