Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Climbers 



grown in a compost of peat, loam, 

 and leaf soil. Hybridizing opera- 

 tions between the best forms of the 

 Ghent Azaleas, and A. mollis, have 

 resulted in other lovely garden 

 forms. 



Azara. The kind most gene- 

 rally grown is microphylla, a some- 

 what tender Chilian evergreen 

 shrub with dark shining green 

 leaves, small greenish fragrant 

 flowers, succeeded in favourable 

 spots by orange berries. Usually 

 grown in pots for sale. Other 

 kinds are dentata, Gilliesi, both 

 with coarsely toothed leaves, and 

 integrifolia, with entire leaves. In- 

 creased by cuttings of the ripened 

 shoots inserted in sandy soil under 

 glass. 



Bamboo. There are about fifty 

 different kinds of Hardy Bamboos 

 grown, and these are split up 

 under three genera as follows. 



1. ARUNDINARIA: anceps,aris- 

 tata, auricoma, chrysantha, fal- 

 cata, Falconeri, Fortunei, Hindsi, 

 humilis, japonica, Laydekeri, 

 macrosperma, Nagashima, 

 nitida, nobilis, palmata, 

 pumila, pygmoea, racemosa, 

 Simoni (fig. 412), spathiflora, 

 and Veitchi. 



2. B AMBUS A: angustifolia, 

 disticha, marmorea, quad- 

 rangularis, and tessellata. 



3. PHYLLOSTACHYS: aurea, 

 Cast illonis, fastuosa, flexuosa, 

 fulva, Henonis, heterocycla, 

 Marliacea, mitis, nigra (fig. 

 413), nigro-punctata, Quilloi, 

 mscifolia, sulphured, violes- 

 cens, and viridi-glaucescens. 

 The Phyllostachys group are 

 as a rule readily distin- 

 guished from the others 



Fig. 412. Arundinaria Simoni 



Fig. lZ.Phyllostachyi nigra 



