TAMARIX 575 



tamarisk described above. The species as we know it under cultivation is a 

 native of the west coast of France. It flowers very prettily in late summer 

 and autumn. 



T. HISPIDA, Willdenow. 



(T. kashgarica, Horf.~) 



A deciduous shrub, up to 3 or 4 ft. high, distinct from all other cultivated 

 tamarisks in the downiness of its young branches and leaves. It has a rather 

 erect, compact habit, and the leaves are very glaucous; the largest less than 

 in. long, sharply pointed, but comparatively broad at the base; the smallest 

 are only one-third or one-fourth the size. Flowers bright pink, opening in 

 late August and September, and borne in erect racemes 2 or 3 ins. long 

 terminating the branchlets. 



This handsome tamarisk, easily distinguished from the others here 

 mentioned by its hairy twigs and leaves, was introduced to cultivation by 

 the Russian traveller Roborowsky, who collected seeds near Kashgar in 

 W. Asia and sent them to Messrs Lemoine of Nancy. It was put on the 

 market in 1893. It has also been found in the deserts east of the Caspian 

 Sea. Whether it is not quite hardy, or whether (as is more likely) it does 

 not get enough sun in England to ripen its wood properly, this species has 

 not proved long-lived at Kew. Its glaucous white colour, its handsome 

 flowers, and the fact that it blooms during the whole of September, make it 

 a charming acquisition wherever it thrives, but it is evidently better suited 

 for a continental climate than for ours. 



T. JUNIPERINA, Bunge. 



(T. chinensis, Siebold ; T. japonica, Hort. ; T. plumosa, Hort.~) 



A deciduous shrub or small tree, becoming in time gaunt in habit, the 

 very distinct plumose branches covered with pale green foliage. In their 

 final subdivisions the branchlets are the thinnest of cultivated tamarisks, 

 scarcely thicker than threads, but through its close branching, this species 

 is the densest in habit. The larger leaves scattered on the thicker branchlets 

 are ^ g in. long, pointed, and ultimately decurved; they become smaller on 

 each subdivision until, on the final ramifications they are about $ in. long. 

 Flowers bright pink in the bud state, paler after opening; produced in May 

 on the twigs of the preceding season; racemes about i^ ins. long. 



Native of N. China, Manchuria, and perhaps Japan. It is the most 

 graceful of hardy tamarisks, and is worth growing for the fine plumose effect 

 of its branches, which stand out very prominently when associated with other 

 shrubs, not only for their elegance, but also for the peculiar freshness of 

 their pale green. It has lived outside for many years at Kew, and forms a 

 rugged trunk, but rarely flowers. It is cut back iri hard winters. 



T. PENTANDRA, Pallas, 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 8138 ; T. hispida sestivalis, Hort. ; T. Pallasii, Desvois.) 



A deciduous shrub or small tree, ultimately from 12 to 15 ft. high, or 

 upwards, with long, slender, plumose branches. Leaves very small, pointed; 

 the largest in. long, arranged at intervals along the flowering shoots; the 

 smallest one-fifth as large, and crowded fifty or more to the inch. Flowers 

 arranged densely in slender, sometimes branching racemes, i to 5 ins. long, 



