Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Climbers 



soft rose-red flowers; orientalis (or graveolens), greenish yellow, scented, 

 August and September; recta, rather bushy habit, with sweetly scented 

 white flowers from June to August; Vioma, dull-reddish purple, balloon 

 shaped, &c. 



Special mention should be made of C. indivisa, a charming New 

 Zealand species, with pure-white starry flowers about 3 in. across, borne 

 from February to March and April. It is best grown in a greenhouse, 

 and can only be considered hardy in the very mildest parts of the 

 kingdom. 



Clerodendron. There are two hardy shrubs in this genus worth 

 noting, viz. G. fcetidum (Bungei), a Chinese plant, 5 ft. high, with large 

 downy heart-shaped leaves and dense clusters of lilac -rose flowers in 

 August, remarkable for the very disagreeable odour of the leaves when 

 bruised; and G. trichotomum, from Japan, 6-20 ft. high, with ovate 

 serrate leaves and white sweet-scented flowers with reddish or purple 

 inflated calices. These plants require warm and sheltered situations, and 

 may be increased from seeds, cuttings, layers, and root cuttings. 



Clethra. There are several species, the best known being the American 

 alnifolia, 3-4 ft., with Alder -like leaves and racemes of white flowers 

 from July to September, and arborea, from Madeira, 8-10 ft. high; acu- 

 minata, 10-15 ft.; paniculate,, scabra, and tomentosa, all from North 

 America, and 3-4 ft. 

 high; all have white 

 flowers. To these may 

 be added canescens, 

 from China and Japan, 

 which has racemes of 

 white Hawthorn-like 

 flowers in July. 



Clianthus puni- 

 ceus (NEW ZEALAND 

 PARROT FLOWER). A 

 distinct shrub, 6-15 

 ft. high, with pinnate 

 leaves and large bril- 

 liant scarlet pea-like 

 flowers in early sum- 

 mer. It requires warm 

 sheltered spots. The " Glory Pea " of Australia (C. Dampieri) grows about 

 2 ft. high. It has silvery hairy leaves and drooping clusters of scarlet 

 flowers, each with a brilliant black blotch at the base of the upper (stan- 

 dard) petal (fig. 423). This species is usually grafted on stocks of Colutea 

 arborescens. 



Colutea arborescens (BLADDER SENNA). A quick - growing shrub, 

 6-10 ft. high, with graceful pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers 



from June to August, followed by large bladder-like pods tinted with red 

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Fig. 423. Clianthus Dampieri 



